To date, systematic studies linking gut microbiota to body weight in this breed are lacking.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Correlation between Gut Microbiota Diversity and Body Weight in Muchuan Black-boned Chickens (2026) · doi

  To date, systematic studies linking gut microbiota to body weight in this breed are lacking.

  Keywords: date systematic linking microbiota body weight breed lacking
• Habitat fragmentation is associated with dietary shifts and microbiota variability in common vampire bats (2019) · doi

  Abstract Host ecological factors and external environmental factors are known to influence the structure of gut microbial communities, but few studies have examined the impacts of environmental changes on microbiotas in free‐ranging animals.

  Keywords: factors environmental abstract host ecological external known influence structure microbial communities examined impacts changes microbiotas
• A putative model of the gut-muscle axis in aged livestock (2026)

  The gut-muscle axis has been proposed to link gut microbiota with skeletal muscle physiology, yet its universality across livestock species remains unclear.

  Keywords: muscle axis proposed link microbiota skeletal physiology universality across livestock species remains unclear