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Diet-induced changes in the jejunal microbiota of developing broilers reduce the abundance of Enterococcus hirae and Enterococcus faecium

Stege PB, Schokker D, Harders F, Kar SK, Stockhofe N, Perricone V 2024 BMC genomics

Abstract

Modern broiler breeds allow for high feed efficiency and rapid growth, which come at a cost of increased susceptibility to pathogens and disease. Broiler growth rate, feed efficiency, and health are affected by the composition of the gut microbiota, which in turn is influenced by diet. In this study, we therefore…

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Broiler

Keywords

Diet compositionMetagenomicsPoultry PathogensButyrate Supplementation

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