Cecal Microbiome Characterization for Layers underHeat Stress

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2017-01-01
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Hsieh, John
Barett, Nathaniel
Looft, Torey
Persia, Michael
Lamont, Susan
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Animal microbiomeshavegainedattentionin recent years because oftheirrolesin avariety of physiological responses to disease and environment challenges. In this study, we subjected production white egg layers to a 4-week heatstress challenge to measure changes in the cecal microbiome. We found that heat stress altersthe cecal microbial compositionafter 2 weeks of cyclic heat exposure. To our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate changes in microbiome in heat-stressed layers, and provides an approximatetime course for the microbiome alterations.

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