Timing and delivery route effects of cecal microbiome transplants on Salmonella Typhimurium infections in chickens: potential for in-hatchery delivery of microbial interventions
Abstract Background Exposure to microbes early in life has long-lasting effects on microbial community structure and function of the microbiome. However, in commercial poultry settings chicks are reared as a single-age cohort with no exposure to adult birds which can have profound effects on microbi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-02-01
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| Series: | Animal Microbiome |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-023-00232-0 |