Microbial taxa in dust and excreta associated with the productive performance of commercial meat chicken flocks
Abstract Background A major focus of research on the gut microbiota of poultry has been to define signatures of a healthy gut and identify microbiota components that correlate with feed conversion. However, there is a high variation in individual gut microbiota profiles and their association with pe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-10-01
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Series: | Animal Microbiome |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-021-00127-y |