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JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS
Volume 117, Issue -, Pages 164-170Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2015.08.006
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Cecal drop; Fecal drop; Cecal content; Cecal microbiota
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- VLIR-UOS [2012-04]
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Microbiota in the gastro-intestinal tract are closely related to both the intestinal and overall health of the host. Experimental chickens have always been euthanized in order to identify and quantify the bacteria in cecal content. In this study, quantification and identification of the microbial populations in cecal drop, cecal content and fecal drop samples from chickens showed that cecal drop contains a bacterial community that is very similar (concerning bacterial diversity, richness and species composition) to cecal content, as opposed to the bacterial community found in fecal drop. Cecal drop analysis thus allows for longitudinal experiments on chickens' cecal bacteria. The varying results in the analysis of fecal samples question the method's reliability in reflecting the true cecal microbiota in chickens. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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