Prebiotic galactooligosaccharide feed modifies the chicken gut microbiota to efficiently clear
Salmonella
Philip J. Richards,
Abeer Almutrafy,
Lu Liang
et al.
Abstract:Chicken meat is contaminated with
Salmonella
from the gut of infected chickens during slaughter. Eradication of
Salmonella
from broiler chickens through hygiene measures and/or vaccination is not cost-effective; complementary approaches are required. A mature gut microbiota obstructs
Salmonella
infection in chickens, and deliberate fortification of colonization resistance through prebiotic feed formulations would benefit public… Show more
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