Layer segmented filamentous bacteria colonize and impact gut health of broiler chickens

ABSTRACT In commercial poultry farms, chicks hatch away from their progenitors from which they acquire key host-specific microbiota, like segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB) involved in gut maturation in early life. This study investigated whether providing chicken SFB to newly hatched broilers wou...

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Main Authors: Jared Meinen-Jochum, Caleb J. Skow, Melha Mellata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2024-11-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00492-24
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