Gallus domesticus microbiome

Next-generation sequence analysis, along with metabolomic and growth metrics, were utilized to study the impact of feeding chickens a diet supplemented with canola meal. Canola meal did not affect feed consumption, or weight gain . The richness, evenness and diversity of the bacterial community was not affected, but the the structure of the bacterial microbiota was changed. The abundance of bacterial taxa known to ferment dietary fiber were more abundant in the canola meal diet.