Poultry feeds carry diverse microbial communities that influence chicken intestinal microbiota colonisation and maturation
Abstract Microbial colonisation of the gastrointestinal tract of newly hatched chicks starts at hatch, seeded from the immediate hatching environment, and quickly results in dense colonisation. The role of ecological factors in gut colonisation has been extensively investigated, as well as the role...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-08-01
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| Series: | AMB Express |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13568-020-01077-5 |