Conserved developmental trajectories of the cecal microbiota of broiler chickens in a field study.

ABSTRACT: There is great interest in identifying gut microbiota development patterns and underlying assembly rules that can inform strategies to improve broiler health and performance. Microbiota stratification using community types helps to simplify complex and dynamic ecosystem principles of the intestinal microbiota. This study aimed to identify community types to increase insight in intestinal microbiota variation between broilers and to identify factors that explain this variation. A total of 10 well-performing poultry flocks on four farms were followed. From each flock, the cecal content of nine broilers was collected at 7, 14, and 35 days posthatch. A total of two robust community types were observed using different clustering methods, one of which was dominated by 7-day-old broilers, and one

SUBMITTER: Kers JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9423033 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature