Dietary l-arginine Supplementation Alleviates the Intestinal Injury and Modulates the Gut Microbiota in Broiler Chickens Challenged by Clostridium perfringens

Dietary l-arginine Supplementation Alleviates the Intestinal Injury and Modulates the Gut Microbiota in Broiler Chickens Challenged by Clostridium perfringens

Our previous reports suggested that Dietary l-arginine supplementation attenuated gut injury of broiler chickens infected with Clostridium perfringens by enhancing intestinal immune responses, absorption and barrier function, but its effect on the gut microbiome of broiler chickens remains unclear....

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Main Authors: Beibei Zhang, Zengpeng Lv, Zhui Li, Weiwei Wang, Guang Li, Yuming Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
l-arginine
gut microbiota
Clostridium perfringens
PICRUSt predicted functions
16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing
broiler chicken
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01716/full

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