High-throughput sequencing of the chicken gut microbiome

The chicken (\(Gallus\) \(gallus\) \(domesticus\)) is the most abundant and widely distributed livestock animal with a global population of over 21 bill ion. A newly hatched broiler chick increases its body weight by 25% overnight and 50-fold over five weeks. The symbiotic, complex and variable comm...

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Main Author: Duggett, Nicholas A.
Published: University of Birmingham 2016
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.687465