Stability of the Lactobacillus population in feces and stomach contents of rats prevented from coprophagy.
Lev, Meir (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, N.Y.), Raymond H. Alexander, and Stanley M. Levenson. Stability of the Lactobacillus population in feces and stomach contents of rats prevented from coprophagy. J. Bacteriol. 92: 13-16. 1966.-Lactobacilli were enumerated in the feces of rats prevented from coprophagy by tail-cupping. No differences were found when numbers of these organisms were compared with lactobacilli in feces of control rats, without tail-cups. High and similar numbers of lactobacilli were found in the stomachs of rats with and without tail-cups. The effect of coprophagy on fecal lactobacilli was therefore negligible.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D005243:Feces; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007778:Lactobacillus; D051381:Rats; D013270:Stomach