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Fig. 1 | Animal Microbiome

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From: The intestinal microbial composition in Greylag geese differs with steatosis induction mode: spontaneous or induced by overfeeding

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Experimental design. Two steatosis induction rearing systems were studied, the conventional one using conventional overfeeding (CO) with a corn mixture (Corn m.) and an alternative one using a spontaneous steatosis stimulation alternating a controlled feeding (CF) period with a grower diet and an access to a grassland and an Ad libitum feeding (AF) period with the same corn mixture as in the conventional system. In both systems samplings were made before (Cconv and Calt groups) and after corn mixture feeding (OF and SF groups). At the end of the AF period 45 geese were sampled and the 10 animals with the highest (PosSF) and the lowest (NegSF) liver weights were selected. AF: Ad libitum feeding, C: Control, CF: Controled Feeding, CO: Conventional overfeeding, OF: Overfeeding group, SF: Spontaneous fattening groups

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