ReviewMicroorganisms2026
Threats and Opportunities When Using Chickens as a Model for Host-Microbiota Studies.
Review in Microorganisms, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Next-Generation Probiotics in Poultry: From Conventional Strains to Engineered and Synbiotic Approaches.Microorganisms · 2026Review
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Abstract
Millions of chicks are hatched daily in commercial hatcheries and due to ease of access and the large availability of chicks produced daily, such chicks have been accepted as a reference and control. Unfortunately, this is not a correct assumption. Chickens evolved to be hatched in nests and to remain in close contact with adult hens, which is important for the transfer of chicken-adapted microbiota from hens to offspring. In the absence of adult hens, chicks from hatcheries are colonised by microbiota of environmental origin. Forgetting this fact has led to many confounding conclusions, including a dogma on the age-dependent development of gut microbiota. In this sense, chicks from hatcheries represent a threat. However, if correctly perceived, the same chicks represent a unique opportunity for host-microbiota studies since there is no alternative animal model in which offspring free of any paternal influence are that readily available.
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