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Feeding on Mixed Diets
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1951.tb05342.x
Subject(s) - medicine , feces , zoology , significant difference , veterinary medicine , mean value , toxicology , food science , biology , mathematics , statistics , ecology
Summary This investigation showed that in a series of 36 healthy children between the ages of 5 months and 12 years, and fed on mixed diets, the bifidum count ranged between < 10 million and 36 000 million per gramme faeces. Children up to the age of 1 year appeared to have a higher bifidum count (mean value 4 000 million per gramme) than those over 1 year (mean value 500 million per gramme), the difference between the logarithmic mean values being statistically significant**. — At the same time the number of other bacteria in the entire group varied between < 1 million and 3 400 million per gramme. The pH in the main exceeded 6, and the odour was consistently faecal.