Avian Gut Microbiomes

Dear Colleagues,

The poultry industry plays a critical role in meeting the global demand for affordable and high-quality protein. As the sector continues to expand, maintaining poultry health while reducing dependence on antibiotics has become a major challenge. In this context, the gut microbiota has emerged as a key modulator of host health, nutrition, immunity, and disease resistance. Recent advances in microbiome research, next-generation sequencing, and bioinformatics have enabled deeper insights into the complex interactions between gut microbial communities and their avian hosts. This Special Issue aims to highlight the latest findings on the role of gut microbiota in poultry health and disease, including coccidiosis, necrotic enteritis, and other gastrointestinal disorders. We welcome interdisciplinary studies that explore microbiome-based strategies such as probiotics, prebiotics, fecal microbiota transplantation, and precision nutrition to enhance poultry productivity and welfare. Contributions involving host–microbe interactions, functional microbiome analysis, metagenomics, metabolomics, and mechanisms of microbial modulation are particularly encouraged. This Special Issue is open to original research articles and comprehensive reviews that contribute to advancing our understanding of gut microbiota in poultry systems. We invite researchers from microbiology, immunology, animal science, and veterinary medicine to submit their work and help shape the future of sustainable poultry production.

Dr. Jing Liu
Guest Editor

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