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Evaluation of the bacterial community and intestinal development of different genetic lines of chickens.
Poultry science - 1 Aug 2010
Lumpkins B S, Batal A B, Lee M D
Abstract excerpt
The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of each animal species provides a unique niche for specialized intestinal bacterial communities to thrive, and in poultry this is no exception. However, little is known about how the bacterial community varies among these different genetic lines of chickens, especially of those with various growth rates. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to observe and evaluate the changes in...
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