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A Comparison of Two Methods for Obtaining Anaerobic Counts in Different Segments of the Gastro‐intestinal Tract of Piglets
Author(s) -
Vervaeke I. J.,
Van Nevel C. J.,
Decuypere J. A.,
Van Assche P. F.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1973.tb04121.x
Subject(s) - digestive tract , anaerobic exercise , flora (microbiology) , zoology , biology , chemistry , food science , medicine , bacteria , physiology , genetics
S ummary . The total anaerobic count on contents of the gastro‐intestinal tract of 7 piglets, fed on a milk powder diet, was determined with the ringed plates technique of Van der Heyde and the roll tube method of Hungate. Simultaneously, the oxidation‐reduction potential ( E h ) was measured in the different segments. For caecal and large intestinal contents, higher counts were obtained with the roll tube method. Nevertheless, the proportional composition of the dominant flora was identical for both methods. Marked differences between the E h of the different gastro‐intestinal segments were observed.