Background Variations in body weight (BW) remain a significant challenge within broiler
flocks, despite uniform management practices. Chicken growth traits are influenced by gut …

Inter-species microbial transplantations offer the possibility of transferring species-specific
microbes and their associated functionality. As a conceptual approach, an intestinal …

All animals must acquire food to grow, but there is a vast diversity in how different species
and even different individuals approach and achieve this task. Individuals within a species …

Novel insights were provided by contrasting the composition of wild and farmed fish gut
microbiomes because the latter had essentially different environmental conditions from …

Because of their unique glycosidic bond structure, non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) are
difficult for the stomach to break down. NSP can be classified as insoluble NSP (iNSP, fiber …

Gnotobiotic models have had a crucial role in studying the effect that commensal microbiota
has on the health of their animal hosts. Despite their physiological and ecological diversity …

With the increasing demand for global food resources, improving aquaculture production
has been the focus for years. Tilapia has become one of the most commonly farmed and …

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin that accumulates in Takifugu rubripes, commonly
known as pufferfish, through the ingestion of TTX-bearing organisms as part of their food …

Aims To investigate the relationship between microbial community profiles and gill
pathology during a production cycle of Atlantic salmon in two commercial hatcheries …

Background The establishment of the gut microbiota in early life is a critical process that
influences the development and fitness of vertebrates. However, the relative influence of …