Indigestible carbohydrates alter the intestinal microbiota but do not influence the performance of broiler chickens

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1540-1548

  Geier, M S ^a,b   Torok, V A ^b,c   Allison, G E ^d   Ophel Keller, K ^b,c   Hughes, R J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Chicken; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Gut microbial profiling; Prebiotics; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIMICROBIAL; CHICKEN; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FRUCTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES; GUT MICROBIAL PROFILING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIOTAS; PERFORMANCE; PREBIOTICS; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS;

BIRDS;

BACITRACIN ZINC; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CARBOHYDRATE; DIET; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POULTRY; PROBIOTICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CECUM; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING; GROWTH RATE; ILEUM; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII;

EID: 64349094970     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.04116.x     Document Type: Article

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