Microbial community profiling in intestinal tract of indigenous chickens from different villages.

ABSTRACT: Village chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) are commonly reared in rural households of South Africa and other developing countries. They play a vital role as a primary source of protein through the provision of meat and eggs. The chicken gut microbiota plays an important role in chicken's immune system, its health, physiological development of the gut, digestion of food, nutrient absorption and productivity. Thus, it is imperative to critically investigate the chicken microbial composition in order to develop effective disease control measures and increase production. In this present study, microbial DNA was isolated from 34 non-descript mixed gender matured village chickens' intestinal contents followed by high throughput Illumina sequencing targeting 16S rRNA gene. Senwamokgope village h

SUBMITTER: Mootane ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11391056 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature