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Natal soil consumption shifts gut microbiome in captive kiwi (Apteryx rowi)

2024-12-15

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Captive-rearing programmes for endangered birds, such as those in place for kiwi conservation in Aotearoa-New Zealand, can unintentionally deprive the birds access to a microbially-diverse and 'natural' developmental environment <italic>i.e., </italic>their natal <italic>rohe </italic>(territory). These programmes introduce external variables such as increased exposure to dis...

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Literature Corpus work: 28725342-c846-5b37-94c0-b491c035bcde
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5457783/v1

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