Intestinal microbiota profiles associated with low and high residual feed intake in chickens across two geographical locations

• Sina-Catherine Siegerstetter,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Institute of Animal Nutrition and Functional Plant Compounds, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria, Research Cluster “Animal Gut Health”, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

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• Stephan Schmitz-Esser,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Life Science, IOWA State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

  Affiliations Research Cluster “Animal Gut Health”, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria, Institute of Milk Hygiene, Milk Technology and Food Science, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

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• Elizabeth Magowan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Agriculture Branch, Large Park, Co. Down, Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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• Stefanie Urimare Wetzels,

  Roles Methodology

  Current address: Institute of Milk Hygiene, Milk Technology and Food Science, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

  Affiliations Institute of Animal Nutrition and Functional Plant Compounds, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria, Research Cluster “Animal Gut Health”, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

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• Qendrim Zebeli,

  Roles Resources, Validation

  Affiliations Institute of Animal Nutrition and Functional Plant Compounds, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria, Research Cluster “Animal Gut Health”, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

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• Peadar G. Lawlor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Teagasc Pig Development Department, Animal & Grassland Research & Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland

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• Niamh E. O'Connell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, University Road Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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• Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: barbara.metzler@vetmeduni.ac.at

  Affiliations Institute of Animal Nutrition and Functional Plant Compounds, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria, Research Cluster “Animal Gut Health”, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2413-4957

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