Development of the in vitro Cecal Chicken ALIMEntary tRact mOdel-2 to Study Microbiota Composition and Function.

ABSTRACT: The digestive system of the chicken plays an important role in metabolism, immunity, and chicken health and production performance. The chicken ceca harbor a diverse microbial community and play a crucial role in the microbial fermentation and production of energy-rich short-chain fatty acids (SCFA). For humans, dogs, and piglets in vitro digestive system models have been developed and are used to study the microbiota composition and metabolism after intervention studies. For chickens, most research on the cecal microbiota has been performed in in vivo experiments or in static in vitro models that may not accurately resemble the in vivo situations. This paper introduces an optimized digestive system model that simulates the conditions in the ceca of the chicken,

SUBMITTER: Oost MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8542841 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature