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. 2018 Feb 16;9:235. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00235

FIGURE 5.

FIGURE 5

Known and potential factors that affect the intestinal microbiota composition of chickens during life. These factors can have short- and long-term effects and may even originate from the hatching stage or a previous generation. Grandparent flocks and the rearing period of the parent flock are not included in the figure. Layer- (white arrow) and broiler-type (gray arrow) have different production systems and are therefore displayed separately.