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Comparison of fecal and cecal microbiotas reveals qualitative similarities but quantitative differences

BACKGROUND: The majority of chicken microbiota studies have used the ceca as a sampling site due to the specific role of ceca in chicken productivity, health and wellbeing. However, sampling from ceca and other gastrointestinal tract sections requires the bird to be sacrificed. In contrast, fecal sa...

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Autores principales: Stanley, Dragana, Geier, Mark S, Chen, Honglei, Hughes, Robert J, Moore, Robert J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4403768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25887695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-015-0388-6