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The gut has a substantial resident microbiota localised in two major niches: the lumen and the intestinal mucus layer. The microbiota is vital for host health, yet the gut must also prevent uncontrolled incursion by pathogens or commensal microbes. Integral to host-microbe inter…

Migratory waterfowl and shorebirds routinely carry LPAIVs within their intestinal tract year round. Infection with more than one strain of AIV is possible and common. As a result of direct or indirect contact with AIV infected waterfowl, other avian species can contract the viru…

This dissertation has two parts: first describes the analysis of microbiomes of the lower respiratory tract of healthy and diseased chickens. The second describes the epigenetic landscape that determines the gene transcription levels in the erythroid differentiation model. Multi…