Early Intervention With Cecal Fermentation Broth Regulates the Colonization and Development of Gut Microbiota in Broiler Chickens

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of fermentation broth from broiler cecal content on the colonization and development of the gut microbiota in newly hatched broiler chicks. The fermentation broth was made by a chemostat system using the cecal content from a donor chicken as the so...

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Main Authors: Yujie Gong, Hua Yang, Xin Wang, Wenrui Xia, Wentao Lv, Yingping Xiao, Xiaoting Zou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01422/full