Assessing the Impact of Flavophospholipol and Virginiamycin Supplementation on the Broiler Microbiota: a Prospective Controlled Intervention Study

Mohamed Mysara; Matilda Berkell; Basil Britto Xavier; Sarah De Backer; Christine Lammens; Veerle Hautekiet; Spas Petkov; Herman Goossens; Samir Kumar-Singh; Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar

doi:10.1128/mSystems.00381-21

mSystems (Aug 2021)

Assessing the Impact of Flavophospholipol and Virginiamycin Supplementation on the Broiler Microbiota: a Prospective Controlled Intervention Study

Mohamed Mysara,
Matilda Berkell,
Basil Britto Xavier,
Sarah De Backer,
Christine Lammens,
Veerle Hautekiet,
Spas Petkov,
Herman Goossens,
Samir Kumar-Singh,
Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar

Affiliations

Mohamed Mysara: Lab of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Matilda Berkell: ORCiD; Lab of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Basil Britto Xavier: ORCiD; Lab of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Sarah De Backer: Lab of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Christine Lammens: Lab of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Veerle Hautekiet: Huvepharma, Antwerp, Belgium
Spas Petkov: Huvepharma, Sofia, Bulgaria
Herman Goossens: Lab of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Samir Kumar-Singh: Lab of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar: ORCiD; Lab of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00381-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 4

Abstract

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Antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) are commonly used within poultry farming to increase muscle growth. Microbial composition in the gut is known to be influenced by AGP use although exact AGP-induced changes remain unclear.

Published in mSystems

ISSN: 2379-5077 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/msystems

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