INRAE, PFIE, UE-1277

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Immunology and Infection

Production of Germ-Free Fast-Growing Broilers from a Commercial Line for Microbiota Studies

Edouard Guitton¹, Arnaud Faurie¹, Sebastien Lavillatte¹, Thierry Chaumeil¹, Pauline Gaboriaud², Françoise Bussière², Fabrice Laurent², Sonia Lacroix-Lamandé², Rodrigo Guabiraba², Catherine Schouler²

¹INRAE, PFIE, UE-1277, ²INRAE, ISP, Université de Tours

Here we describe a method for the generation of germ-free chicks from eggs of a commercial broiler line, the Ross PM3. This method can be adapted for the generation of germ-free animals from other poultry species.