The cecal microbiome of commercial broiler chickens varies significantly by season

Poultry Science
B B OakleyM E Berrang

Abstract

Next-generation DNA sequencing is rapidly becoming a powerful tool for food animal management. One valuable use of this technology is to re-examine long-standing observations of performance differences associated with animal husbandry practices to better understand how these differences may be modulated by the gastrointestinal (GI) microbiome. The influences of environmental parameters such as air temperature and relative humidity on broiler chicken performance have commonly been observed, but how the GI microbiome may respond to seasonal environmental changes remains largely unknown. The purposes of this study were therefore to: (1) characterize the cecal microflora of commercial broilers (N = 87) collected at harvest across all 4 seasons, and (2) identify any significant changes of the GI microbiome and specific taxa according to season and Campylobacter status. Finding taxa with significant positive or negative correlations with Campylobacter could be useful by identifying indicator or antagonistic taxa and could also inform inferences regarding the ecological niche of Campylobacter. Whole GI tracts were removed from commercial broilers representing 87 independent flocks between April 2013 and May 2014 in the U.S. state of G...Continue Reading

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