Sentences with phrase «duodenal bacterial»

The addition of FOS to feline diets at 0.75 % (DM) did not affect duodenal flora, but it did increase the numbers of lactobacilli and reduce the numbers of E. coli in the fecal flora of healthy cats.24, 25 Healthy German shepherds believed to have bacterial overgrowth were supplemented with FOS at 1.0 % (AF) of their diet.26 Changes were recognized in the duodenal bacterial flora but these changes were of less magnitude than seen in normal dogs for these parameters.

Duodenal bacterial counts may be influenced by environmental factors, such as housing conditions (kennelled dogs tend to have higher bacterial numbers, perhaps associated with coprophagia) and infective load (such as endoparasites and naturally occurring enteropathogens in hot climates).

Indeed, dogs treated successfully with antibiotics do not necessarily show a decrease in duodenal bacterial numbers.

The influence of coprophagy on duodenal bacterial numbers has also largely been ignored.