Hen raising helps chicks establish gut microbiota in their early life and improve microbiota stability after H9N2 challenge
Background: Early gut microbial colonization is important for postnatal growth and immune development of the chicken. However, at present, commercial chickens are hatched and raised without adult hens, thus are cut off from the microbiota transfer between hens and chicks. In this study, we compare...
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Microbiome
2025
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| Online adgang: | https://repository.auw.edu.bd/handle/123456789/778 |