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Impacts of poultry house environment on poultry litter bacterial community composition.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Dumas Michael D, Polson Shawn W, Ritter Don, Ravel Jacques, Gelb Jack, Morgan Robin, Wommack K Eric
Abstract excerpt
Viral and bacterial pathogens are a significant economic concern to the US broiler industry and the ecological epicenter for poultry pathogens is the mixture of bedding material, chicken excrement and feathers that comprises the litter of a poultry house. This study used high-throughput sequencing to assess the richness and diversity of poultry litter bacterial communities, and to look for connections between...
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