Broiler lines divergently selected for digestive efficiency also differ in their susceptibility to colibacillosis.

doi:10.1080/03079457.2013.873531

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Broiler lines divergently selected for digestive efficiency also differ in their susceptibility to colibacillosis.

Avian pathology : journal of the W.V.P.A - 1 Jan 2014

Calenge F, Mignon-Grasteau S, Chanteloup N K, Brée A, Lalmanach A-C, Schouler C

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Increasing feed efficiency of broiler chickens by selective breeding could lead to decreased feed cost and reduced environmental impact of poultry production. At INRA, two broiler chicken lines (D+/D-) were divergently selected for their digestive efficiency. Strong differences were shown between both lines for the anatomy and histology of the digestive tract, and for the intestinal microbiota composition. In the...

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Animals
Chickens
Digestive System Physiological Phenomena
Escherichia coli Infections
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Lethal Dose 50
Poultry Diseases
Selection, Genetic
Species Specificity
Statistics, Nonparametric

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PMID: 24320598
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2013.873531

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