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Early-life microbiota transplantation affects behavioural responses, serotonin and immune characteristics in chicken lines divergently selected on feather pecking.
Scientific reports - 17 Feb 2020
van der Eijk Jerine A J, Rodenburg T Bas, de Vries Hugo, Kjaer Joergen B, Smidt Hauke, Naguib Marc, Kemp Bas, Lammers Aart
Abstract excerpt
Gut microbiota influences host behaviour and physiology, such as anxiety, stress, serotonergic and immune systems. These behavioural and physiological characteristics are related to feather pecking (FP), a damaging behaviour in chickens that reduces animal welfare and productivity. Moreover, high FP (HFP) and low FP (LFP) lines differed in microbiota composition. However, it is unknown whether microbiota can...
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