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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Main Authors: Yugal Raj Bindari, Robert J. Moore, Thi Thu Hao Van, Stephen W. Walkden-Brown, Priscilla F. Gerber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:Animal Microbiome
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-021-00127-y