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Fig. 6 | Animal Microbiome

Fig. 6

From: An observational field study of the cloacal microbiota in adult laying hens with and without access to an outdoor range

Fig. 6

Overview of the study design. Four indoor-laying hen flocks (indoor cross-sectional = IC) and four outdoor flocks (outdoor cross-sectional = OC), each kept in an individual poultry house, were sampled. Chickens from all flocks were of the same breed. Indoor and outdoor flocks that had the same rearing flock of origin were selected, which is indicated with numbers 1, 2, 3 or 4, and colors at the poultry house level. Some poultry houses were situated at the same farm. Hens originating from rearing farm 1 and 4 were placed in the layer farm houses that were situated on the same farm, A and C (Table S1). Farm B housed two flocks (IC2 and IC3) that came from different rearing farms (2 and 3)

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Animal Microbiome

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