Dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid does not influence the intestinal microbial communities of broiler chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2399-2405

  Geier, M S ^a,b   Torok, V A ^b,c   Allison, G E ^d   Ophel Keller, K ^b,c   Gibson, R A ^a   Munday, C ^d   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

Broiler; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Polyunsaturated fatty acid; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 70350315756     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00126     Document Type: Article

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