Effects of host genetics and environmental conditions on fecal microbiota composition of pigs.

Since microbiota may influence the physiology of its host including body weight increase, growth rate or feed intake, in this study we determined the microbiota composition in high or low residual feed intake (HRFI and LRFI) pig lines, of different age and/or subjected to sanitary stress by sequenci...

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Main Authors: Tereza Kubasova, Lenka Davidova-Gerzova, Vladimir Babak, Darina Cejkova, Lucile Montagne, Nathalie Le-Floc'h, Ivan Rychlik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6080793?pdf=render