Impact of Selection for Digestive Efficiency on Microbiota Composition in the Chicken.

<h4>Objectives</h4>Feed efficiency and its digestive component, digestive efficiency, are key factors in the environmental impact and economic output of poultry production. The interaction between the host and intestinal microbiota has a crucial role in the determination of the ability o...

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Main Authors: Sandrine Mignon-Grasteau, Agnès Narcy, Nicole Rideau, Céline Chantry-Darmon, Marie-Yvonne Boscher, Nadine Sellier, Marie Chabault, Barbara Konsak-Ilievski, Elisabeth Le Bihan-Duval, Irène Gabriel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135488