Temporal Dynamics of Cloacal Microbiota in Adult Laying Chickens With and Without Access to an Outdoor Range

Associations between animal health and performance, and the host’s microbiota have been recently established. In poultry, changes in the intestinal microbiota have been linked to housing conditions and host development, but how the intestinal microbiota respond to environmental changes under farm co...

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Main Authors: Janneke Schreuder, Francisca C. Velkers, Alex Bossers, Ruth J. Bouwstra, Willem F. de Boer, Pim van Hooft, J. Arjan Stegeman, Stephanie D. Jurburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.626713/full