Disruption in the cecal microbiota of chickens challenged with Clostridium perfringens and other factors was alleviated by Bacillus licheniformis supplementation

• Yicen Lin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yicen Lin, Shuai Xu, Dong Zeng

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Animal Microecology Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China

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• Shuai Xu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yicen Lin, Shuai Xu, Dong Zeng

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

  Affiliations Animal Microecology Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China

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• Dong Zeng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yicen Lin, Shuai Xu, Dong Zeng

  Roles Funding acquisition, Validation

  Affiliations Animal Microecology Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China

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• Xueqin Ni ,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation

  * E-mail: xueqinni@foxmail.com

  Affiliations Animal Microecology Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China

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• Mengjia Zhou,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliations Animal Microecology Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China

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• Yan Zeng,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliations Animal Microecology Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China

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• Hesong Wang,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Animal Microecology Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China

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• Yi Zhou,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Animal Microecology Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China

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• Hui Zhu,

  Roles Software

  Affiliations Animal Microecology Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China

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• Kangcheng Pan,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliations Animal Microecology Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China

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• Guangyao Li

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Boshan Developing of Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., Ya’an, China

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