Chicken jejunal microbiota improves growth performance by mitigating intestinal inflammation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intestinal inflammation is prevalent in chicken, which results in decreased growth performance and considerable economic losses. Accumulated findings established the close relationship between gut microbiota and chicken growth performance. However, whether gut microbiota impacts chicken growth performance by lessening intestinal inflammation remains elusive.

Results

Seven-weeks-old male and female chickens with the highest or lowest body weights were significantly different in breast and leg muscle indices and average cross-sectional area of muscle cells. 16S rRNA gene sequencing indicated Gram-positive bacteria, such as Lactobacilli, were the predominant species in high body weight chickens. Conversely, Gram-negative bacteria, such as Comamonas, Acinetobacter, Br

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9284917 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature