The complex communities of microorganisms that colonize in gastrointestinal tract play an important role in the health of hosts. The development of culture-independent molecular techniques has provided new insights in the composition and diversity of the intestinal microbiota. Based on the related references and biological data, the intestinal microbiota composition and diversity in chickens at different days of age, the role played by gut microbiota in host health and the association between diets and gut microflora were summarized. Moreover , the effects of antibiotic supplementation on the gut microbiota of chickens were reviewed. Finally, the potential of probiotic microorganism to modulate the gut microbiota and the antibiotic-associated microbial dysbio-sis was discussed. Those could provide references for the study of gut microbiota in chickens.
国家科技期刊平台
NSTL
万方数据
维普
