Identification of an Intestinal Microbiota Signature Associated With the Severity of Necrotic Enteritis

Autor: Qing Yang, Jing Liu, Xiaofan Wang, Kelsy Robinson, Melanie A. Whitmore, Sydney N. Stewart, Jiangchao Zhao, Guolong Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 12 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.703693
Popis: Necrotic enteritis (NE), an economically devastating disease of poultry caused by pathogenic Clostridium perfringens, is known to induce small intestinal lesions and dysbiosis. However, the intestinal microbes that are associated with NE severity are yet to be characterized. Here, we investigated the link between the ileal microbiota and disease severity in a chicken model of clinical NE using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Our results indicated that richness and Shannon Index of the ileal microbiota were drastically reduced (p
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