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The project aims to identify potential diets and dietary components and their effects on the chicken intestinal microflora.
<p>This research project is a systematic literature review to collate available information on diet-based interventions to prevent campylobacter colonisation of free range and organic chickens.
<p>A systematic literature review of international sources including databases and trade publications on the effects of diets and diet based interventions used in commercial chicken production.
<p>The review will seek to:<ul>
<li>clarify what is already known about the use of diet to control campylobacter colonisation in chickens
<li>identify potential dietary interventions and their effects on the chicken gut flora and campylobacter species
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A possible approach to controlling colonisation is the use of dietary interventions to modify the intestinal microflora of the chicken gut.
<p>Find more about this project and other FSA food safety-related projects at the <a href="http://www.food.gov.uk/science/research/" target="_blank">Food Standards Agency Research webpage</a>.