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Development of the duodenal, ileal, jejunal and caecal microbiota in chickens
21 Nov 2019
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BACKGROUND: The chicken intestinal microbiota plays a large role in chicken health and productivity and a greater understanding of its development may lead to interventions to improve chicken nutrition, disease resistance and welfare. RESULTS: In this study we examine the duodenal, jejunal, ileal and caecal microbiota of chickens from day of hatch to 5 weeks of age (day 1, 3, 7, 14 and week 5). DNA was extracted...
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