Table 1 Intestinal microbiota of dogs before administration of Queso Blanco cheese
Bacterial group | –2 week | 0 week |
QCB1) | QC | Control | QCB | QC | Control |
Enterobacteriaceae | 8.6±1.372)(100)3) | 8.0±0.82(100) | 9.2±0.69 (100) | 8.4±0.76(100) | 8.5±0.14(100) | 9.2±0.42(100) |
Enterococcus | 7.9±1.86(100) | 7.8±1.95(100) | 9.2±1.24(100) | 8.9±0.88(100) | 8.7±0.73(100) | 9.4±1.23(100) |
Yeast | -4) | - | 2.8±0.00(20) | - | - | - |
Lactobacillus | 9.6±0.30(80) | 9.8±0.76(80) | 8.9±0.79(80) | 9.1±0.44(80) | 9.0±0.52(80) | 9.0±0.68(100) |
Bifidobacterium | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Eubacterium | - | 8.1±0.00(20) | 9.7±0.00(20) | - | 8.3±1.39(60) | 9.1±0.00(20) |
Bacteroidaceae | 9.8±0.34(100) | 9.1±0.46(100) | 9.4±0.52(100) | 9.7±0.68(100) | 9.5±0.91(100) | 9.0±0.49(100) |
Clostridium spp. | 3.6±0.43(40) | 6.8±1.24(60) | 4.1±2.31(60) | 4.9±0.00(20) | 7.2±2.95(40) | 3.8±2.55(60) |
Total counts | 10.2±0.19 | 9.7±0.69 | 10.2±0.22 | 9.9±0.69 | 9.9±0.52 | 10.0±0.45 |
1) QCB, Queso Blanco cheese with B. longum KACC 91563; QC, Queso Blanco cheese without B. longum KACC 91563; C, control.
2) Data expressed as mean±log10 count of bacteria/g of feces.
3) Figures in parentheses corresponds to frequency of occurrence (%).
4) -, Not detected.