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The Effects of Feeding a Soybean-Based or a Soy-Free Diet on the Gut Microbiome of Pasture-Raised Chickens Throughout Their Lifecycle

Published: March 7, 2022
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INTRODUCTION The poultry gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is home to a complex, dynamic, and variable bacterial-dominated microbiota (Zhu et al., 2002). This GIT microbiome variation may be explained by different host characteristics and environmental factors (Kers et al., 2018), including birds age (Ballou et al., 2016; Pedroso et al., 2016), sex (Torok et al., 2013; Zhao et al., 2013), type and ...
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Michael Rothrock Jr.
USDA - United States Department of Agriculture
Todd Callaway
University of Georgia
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Oprea Petru
13 de marzo de 2022
bravissimo well done for this alternative feeding
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