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ArticlemSystems2020

Galacto-Oligosaccharides Modulate the Juvenile Gut Microbiome and Innate Immunity To Improve Broiler Chicken Performance.

Philip J Richards, Geraldine M Flaujac Lafontaine, Phillippa L Connerton, Lu Liang, Karishma Asiani, Neville M Fish, Ian F Connerton

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Article in mSystems, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Philip J RichardsDivision of Microbiology, Brewing and Biotechnology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
Geraldine M Flaujac LafontaineDivision of Microbiology, Brewing and Biotechnology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
Phillippa L ConnertonDivision of Microbiology, Brewing and Biotechnology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
Lu LiangDivision of Microbiology, Brewing and Biotechnology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
Karishma AsianiDivision of Microbiology, Brewing and Biotechnology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
Neville M FishDairy Crest Ltd., Dairy Crest Innovation Centre, Harper Adams University, Edgmond, Newport, United Kingdom.
Ian F ConnertonDivision of Microbiology, Brewing and Biotechnology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom ian.connerton@nottingham.ac.uk.
University of Nottingham · GBHarper Adams University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Improvements in growth performance and health are key goals in broiler chicken production. Inclusion of prebiotic galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) in broiler feed enhanced the growth rate and feed conversion of chickens relative to those obtained with a calorie-matched control diet. Comparison of the cecal microbiota identified key differences in abundances of

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chickengalacto-oligosaccharidesgut healthIL-17Ainnate immunitymicrobiomeprebioticsynbiotic

Identifiers

PMID31937680
PMCPMC6967391
OpenAlexW2999496188

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