Intestinal microbiome profiles in broiler chickens raised without antibiotics exhibit altered microbiome dynamics relative to conventionally raised chickens

• Seyed Hossien Kairmi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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• Khaled Abdelaziz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States of America, Clemson University School of Health Research (CUSHR), Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Heidi Spahany,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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• Jake Astill,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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• David Trott,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Wallenstein Feed & Supply Ltd, Wallenstein, Ontario, Canada

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• Blake Wang,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Wallenstein Feed & Supply Ltd, Wallenstein, Ontario, Canada

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• Alice Wang,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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• John Parkinson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Program in Molecular Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9815-1189

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• Shayan Sharif

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shayan@uoguelph.ca

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3158-012X

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