A small variation in diet influences the Lactobacillus strain composition in the crop of broiler chickens

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 275-281

  Hammons, Susan ^a   Oh, Phaik Lyn ^a   Martínez, Inés ^a   Clark, Kenzi ^a   Schlegel, Vicki L ^a   Sitorius, Emily ^a   Scheideler, Sheila E ^a   Walter, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler chicken; Feed; Gut microbiota; Lactobacillus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIRD; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; CROP; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MEAL; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; SPECIES; WHEAT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; AVIAN CROP; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROP, AVIAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; LACTOBACILLUS; METAGENOME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS AGILIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954383468     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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