Cassava and Tannase Effects on Chicken Growth, Gut Microbes, and Metabolism

Ninety 1-day-old frizzle chickens were studied over 21 days to evaluate dietary effects. The dataset, authored by Dan Yue and last updated in 2026, contains results from a controlled feeding trial comparing a control diet, a 20% cassava pellet diet, and a cassava diet with 0.3% tannase supplementation. It includes growth performance metrics and results from 16S rRNA gene sequencing and untargeted metabolomic analyses of serum, muscle, and cecal samples.

Use Cases

• Compare growth performance metrics like body weight gain and feed conversion ratio between different dietary treatments.
• Analyze changes in core gut microbial genera such as Tyzzerella, Methanocorpusculum, and Helicobacter in response to feed composition.
• Investigate alterations in host metabolic pathways including glycerophospholipid, linoleic acid, and lysine metabolism.
• Assess the potential of tannase supplementation to mitigate negative effects of cassava-based diets in poultry.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a controlled trial with 90 chickens across three distinct dietary treatments.
• Analysis integrates multiple data types: growth performance, 16S rRNA sequencing, and untargeted metabolomics.
• The dataset has a clear license (CC-BY-4.0) and an author attribution.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small (16.5 KB), indicating limited scope or summary-level data.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Data was generated from a controlled feeding trial with sample collection and subsequent 16S rRNA sequencing and metabolomic analysis.

Time Range

The experiment covered 21 days, starting with 1-day-old chickens.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 11:00:14; freshness should be verified.