Article published the October 13, 2025
I. INTRODUCTIONIn poultry meat production birds face several challenges, all of which disturb the normal functioning of the organism, with the gastrointestinal tract being the most affected. This results in impaired absorption of nutrients, leading to reduced performance and increased mortality. Previously general practice was to feed antibiotics at sub-therapeutic levels to enable birds to cope w ...
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Great information. Water is a critical nutrient but yet so often over-looked.
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IntroductionA range of studies have investigated the structure of the microbiome in the gut of broiler chickens. Comparison across studies has proven difficult because of the variety of different methods used; e.g. culture based studies [1], G+C profiling analysis [2], quantitative PCR [3], and 16S rRNA based studies. The 16S-based methods have used a number of different approaches including termi ...
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