A reasonable correlation between cloacal and cecal microbiomes in broiler chickens

Gut microbiota play an important role in animal health. For livestock, an understanding of the effect of husbandry interventions on gut microbiota helps develop methods that increase sustainable productivity, animal welfare, and food safety. Poultry microbiota of the mid-gut and hind-gut can only be...

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Main Authors: Nadia A. Andreani, Caroline J. Donaldson, Matthew Goddard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Poultry Science
Subjects:
3Rs
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579120305538