an increasing trendP -value = 0.055
Compared with Oral-CON group, microbiota from HBW chickens significantly reduced the relative mRNA expression of zinc transporter 1 ( P -value < 0.01) but markedly increased the mRNA expression of glucose transporter type 1 ( P -value < 0.05), and an increasing trend was observed for the expression of taste receptor family 1 member 3 ( P -value = 0.055; Fig. 5G ).