Differences in caecal microbiota composition and Salmonella carriage between experimentally infected inbred lines of chickens.
Anaïs CazalsJordi EstelléNicolas BruneauJean-Luc CovillePierrette MenanteauMarie-Noëlle RossignolDeborah JardetClaudia BevilacquaAndrea RauBertrand Bed'HomPhilippe VelgeFanny CalengePublished in: Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE (2022)
Overall, our findings demonstrate that the caecal microbiota composition differs between genetic lines of chickens. This could be one of the reasons why the investigated lines differed in Salmonella carriage levels under experimental infection conditions.