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Feeder- and Drinker-Associated Microbiota Differ from Host-Associated Fecal Microbiota During a Commercial Broiler Production Cycle with Age-Associated Changes in Taxonomic Composition.
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Broiler chickens are continuously exposed to microorganisms in the production environment, but the relationship between microorganisms on bird-contact surfaces and fecal microbiota remains unclear. In this exploratory observational study, shotgun metagenomic sequencing was used to compare microbial communities in feeder- and drinker-associated surface samples and individual fecal samples during one production cycle in a single commercial system housing Ross 308 broilers. The dataset comprised 22 individual fecal samples collected on days 1, 7, 19, 27, and 39 and four composite feeder- or drinker-associated environmental surface samples collected on days 1, 19, 27, and 39. Taxonomic composition, alpha and beta diversity, differential taxonomic signatures, and genus-level co-abundance patterns were evaluated. Environmental samples had greater richness and were dominated by Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes, whereas host-associated fecal samples were dominated by Firmicutes and lactobacilli. Sample type explained 20.0% of variation in Bray-Curtis distances and 15.5% in Binary Jaccard distances (both
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