Broiler Chickens and Early Life Programming: Microbiome transplant-induced cecal bacteriome dynamics and phenotypic effects
G. A. Ramirez, E. Richardson, J. Clark, J. Keshri, Y. Drechsler, M. E. Berrang, R. J. Meinersmann, N. A. Cox, B. B. Oakley
This study investigates how early-life microbiome exposure affects cecal microbiome dynamics and bird health by comparing transplanted cecal material to environmental inocula in broiler chickens.
bioRxiv · Aug 13, 2020Microbiology