The effect of gender on the bacterial community in the gastrointestinal tract of broilers

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 964-967

  Lumpkins, B S ^a   Batal, A B ^a   Lee, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Gastrointestinal tract; Gender

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ILEUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; ILEUM; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44349150433     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00287     Document Type: Article

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