Microbial Shifts in the Intestinal Microbiota of Salmonella Infected Chickens in Response to Enrofloxacin

Microbial Shifts in the Intestinal Microbiota of Salmonella Infected Chickens in Response to Enrofloxacin

Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are important antibiotics used for treatment of Salmonella infection in poultry in many countries. However, oral administration of fluoroquinolones may affect the composition and abundance of a number of bacterial taxa in the chicken intestine. Using 16S rRNA gene sequencing,...

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Main Authors: Jun Li, Haihong Hao, Guyue Cheng, Chunbei Liu, Saeed Ahmed, Muhammad A. B. Shabbir, Hafiz I. Hussain, Menghong Dai, Zonghui Yuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
intestinal microbiota
enrofloxacin
16S rRNA gene
chicken
Salmonella Typhimurium
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01711/full

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