Effect of reused litter on early cecal microbiota succession and the immune cells distribution in layer chickens

• Nimra Khalid,

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

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5739-1263

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• Shuja Majeed,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1163-4434

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• Bikas Raj Shah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7170-3887

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• Ali Nazmi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nazmi.1@osu.edu

  Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America, Food for Health Discovery Theme, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9258-1575

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