Analysis of the intestinal bacterial microbiota in maize- or sorghum-fed broiler chickens using real-time PCR

British Poultry Science

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 795-803

  Lunedo, R ^a   Fernandez Alarcon, M F ^a   Carvalho, F M S ^b   Furlan, L R ^a   Macari, M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA INFORMÁTICA AGROPECUÁRIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GALLUS GALLUS; LACTOBACILLUS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; CHICKEN; DIET; GENETICS; INTESTINE; MAIZE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SORGHUM; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIET; INTESTINES; MALE; MICROBIOTA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SORGHUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84919770710     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2014.975781     Document Type: Article

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