ArticleMicrobiome2022
Hen raising helps chicks establish gut microbiota in their early life and improve microbiota stability after H9N2 challenge.
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- Fecal microbiota transplantation improves Sansui duck growth performance by balancing the cecal microbiome.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Maternal β-carotene supplementation improves offspring growth, development, immunity, and intestinal microbiota in chickens via immune-mediated and microbial-mediated maternal effects.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Random forest algorithm reveals novel sites in HA protein that shift receptor binding preference of the H9N2 avian influenza virus.Virologica Sinica · 2025Article
- FACdb: a comprehensive resource for genes, gut microbiota, and metabolites in farm animals.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Amplification of avian influenza virus circulation along poultry marketing chains in Bangladesh: A controlled field experiment.Preventive veterinary medicine · 2024Article
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- Temporal variation in production performance, biochemical and oxidative stress markers, and gut microbiota in Pekin ducks during the late growth stage.Poultry science · 2024Article
- 16S amplicon-based microbiome biomapping of a commercial broiler hatchery.Animal microbiome · 2024Article
- Surveys of eleven species of wild and zoo birds and feeding experiments in white-tailed eagles reveal differences in the composition of the avian gut microbiome based on dietary habits between and within species.The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2023Article
- Responses to Reduced Feeding Frequency in Captive-Born Cheetahs (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Early-life prophylactic antibiotic treatment disturbs the stability of the gut microbiota and increases susceptibility to H9N2 AIV in chicks.Microbiome · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundEarly 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 compared the gut microbiota composition between hen-reared and separately reared chicks, and its impact on the resistance to H9N2 avian influenza virus, with the motive of investigating the impact of this cutoff in microbiota transfer.
resultsWe used the 16SrRNA sequencing method to assess the composition of the gut microbiota in chicks represented by three hen-reared groups and one separately reared group. We found that the diversity of gut microbes in the chicks from the three hen-reared groups was more abundant than in the separately reared group, both at the phylum and genus levels. Our findings highlight the importance of early parental care in influencing the establishment of gut microbiota in the early life of chicks. SourceTracker analysis showed that the feather and cloaca microbiota of hens are the main sources of gut microbiota of chicks. After H9N2 exposure, the viral infection lasted longer in the separately reared chicks, with the viral titers in their oropharyngeal swabs being higher compared to the hen-reared chicks at day 5 post-infection. Interestingly, our results revealed that the gut microbiota of the hen-reared chicks was more stable after H9N2 infection in comparison to that of the separately reared chicks.
conclusionsMicrobiota transfer between the hens and their chicks promotes the establishment of a balanced and diverse microbiota in the early life of the chicks and improves microbiota stability after H9N2 challenge. These findings advance our understanding of the protective role of gut microbiota in the early life of chicks and should be instrumental in improving chick rearing in the commercial poultry industry. Video Abstract.
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