Impact of Antibiotics and Biofactor Additives on the Gut Microbiome and Metabolic Pathways in Broiler Chickens

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Elhusseny A Bossila ¹
• Yousry A Dowidar ²
• Khaled R Mohamed ³
• Aly M El Refy ⁴
• Ahmed M Shehab ⁵
• Tarek A Wrshana ⁶

¹ lecturer of Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, and Bioinformatics at the Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

² professor of Animal Biotechnology at the Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

³ professor of Animal Production at Animal Production Research Institute& National Gene Bank, Agricultural Research Center

⁴ Professor of Molecular Biology at Biotechnology Dept, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

⁵ lecturer of animal Biotechnology, at the Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

⁶ lecturer of Animal Biotechnology at the Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Abstract

Keywords

• Broiler chickens
• Cecal microbiota
• Antibiotics
• Biofactor additives
• Metagenomic analysis

Main Subjects

• Physiology & Animal Nutrition