Nutrients | |
Chronic Zinc Deficiency Alters Chick Gut Microbiota Composition and Function | |
Spenser Reed2  Hadar Neuman1  Sharon Moscovich1  Raymond P. Glahn2  Omry Koren1  | |
[1] Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, 8 Henrietta Szold St, Safed 1311502, Israel;USDA-ARS Robert Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; | |
关键词: zinc deficiency; microbiota; dysbiosis; cecal microbiome; zinc biomarker; | |
DOI : 10.3390/nu7125497 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Zinc (Zn) deficiency is a prevalent micronutrient insufficiency. Although the gut is a vital organ for Zn utilization, and Zn deficiency is associated with impaired intestinal permeability and a global decrease in gastrointestinal health, alterations in the gut microbial ecology of the host under conditions of Zn deficiency have yet to be studied. Using the broiler chicken (
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