Dietary inulin supplementation modulates the composition and activities of carbohydrate-metabolizing organisms in the cecal microbiota of broiler chickens.

Inulin is a highly effective prebiotic and an attractive alternative to antibiotic growth promoters for increasing production and maintaining health in chickens. However, how inulin elicits its effects on members of the intestinal microbiota is unknown, even though their importance for energy metabo...

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Main Authors: Yun Xia, Jiarong Miao, Yu Zhang, Hongbo Zhang, Lingdong Kong, Robert Seviour, Yunhong Kong
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/26d765662f8e472b9f87c72874674539
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