Figure 4.
Changes in Clostridia in cecal contents from ABX-treated chickens after co-housing with control chickens. Chickens were treated with ABX at hatching for 7 days and then co-housed with control chickens for 7 days. 16S rRNA sequencing was performed to determine the relative abundance of (A) Phylum, (B) Class, (C,D) Family, and (E,F) Genus in cecal contents at 1/4 (6 hours), 1, 3 and 5 days before co-housing (Before), and 1/4 (6 hours), 1, 3, and 5 days after co-housing (After). Data were obtained from more than four chickens in each group and presented as the mean ± SD. Significant differences between Con and ABX are shown with asterisks. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.001.