Analysis of gut microbiota and the effect of lauric acid against necrotic enteritis in Clostridium perfringens and Eimeria side-by-side challenge model

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 5; p. e0205784
• Main Authors: Yang, Wen-Yuan, Lee, Yuejia, Lu, Hsinyi, Chou, Chung-Hsi, Wang, Chinling
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 31.05.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abundance; Animal Feed; Animals; Antibiotics; Antimicrobial agents; Bacteria; Biodiversity; Biology and Life Sciences; Campylobacter; Cecum; Chickens; Clostridium; Clostridium Infections - complications; Clostridium Infections - microbiology; Clostridium Infections - veterinary; Clostridium perfringens; Coccidiosis - complications; Coccidiosis - microbiology; Coccidiosis - veterinary; Concurrent infection; Diet - veterinary; Dietary Supplements; Digestive system; Digestive tract; Disease; Eimeria; Enteritis; Enterocolitis, Necrotizing - microbiology; Enterocolitis, Necrotizing - prevention & control; Enterocolitis, Necrotizing - veterinary; Escherichia; Fatty acids; Feeds; Female; Fish meal; Gastrointestinal Microbiome - drug effects; Gastrointestinal tract; Gene expression; Gut microbiota; Immunity; Infections; Intestinal microflora; Intestine; Jejunum; Laboratory animals; Lactobacillus; Lauric acid; Lauric Acids - pharmacology; Lauric Acids - therapeutic use; Lesions; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Microbial activity; Microbiota; Microorganisms; Mortality; Nutrition; Poultry; Poultry Diseases - microbiology; Poultry Diseases - parasitology; Poultry Diseases - prevention & control; Reduction; Relative abundance; Shigella; Species diversity; Triglycerides; Veterinary colleges; Veterinary medicine; United States > US; Mississippi

Gut microbiota has been demonstrated to be involved in intestinal nutrition, defense, and immunity, as well as participating in disease progression. This study was to investigate gut microbiota changes in chickens challenged with netB-positive Clostridium perfringens strain (CP1) and/or the predispo...