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Fig. 1 | Animal Microbiome

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From: Assessing the impact of hatching system and body weight on the growth performance, caecal short-chain fatty acids, and microbiota composition and functionality in broilers

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α-diversity measures (Chao1, Shannon and Simpson index) of the caecal microbiota of low (LBW) and high (HBW) body weight chickens hatched in the hatchery (HH) and on-farm (HOF) systems on day 7 (A), day 14 (B), and day 38 (C). Individually sampled chickens were considered as experimental unit (n = 10 per group). α-diversity measures were evaluated by two-way ANOVA and significant differences were only found for BW, indicated with different letters with P (BW) < 0.05

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Animal Microbiome

ISSN: 2524-4671