Re: Probiotis/VSL3 aggrevating colitis?

On Jun 2, 9:18=A0pm, zumone2...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> Study finds healthy intestinal bacteria within chicken eggs
>
> http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/asfm-sfh052908.php
>
> Study finds healthy intestinal bacteria within chicken eggs
>
> The conventional wisdom among scientists has long been that birds
> acquire the intestinal bacteria that are a necessary for good health
> from their environment, but a new University of Georgia study finds
> that chickens are actually born with those bacteria.
>
> Lead author Adriana Pedroso said the finding, presented at the 108th
> General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Boston,
> could have im****tant implications for the poultry industry and for
> food safety.
>
> =93Understanding the microbial ecology of the developing chicken is the
> first step toward producing healthy birds without antibiotics,=94 said
> Pedroso, a post-doctoral researcher in the UGA College of Veterinary
> Medicine.
>
> Pedroso and her colleagues incubated more than 300 eggs and dipped
> them into a light bleach solution before extracting the embryos using
> sterile tools. DNA analysis revealed a diverse community of bacteria
> within the intestines of the developing embryos. Pedroso and her
> colleagues hypothesize that the bacteria penetrate the surface of the
> shell to the egg white, which is then ingested by the developing
> embryo.
> ...
>
> --
> Luke

VERY interesting, Luke, but this study leads me to another novel
question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg???

So you are saying that possibly humans too are actually born with our
intestinal flora intact? Do you think probiotic supplements are
useless unless enterically coated?

Thanks,
Dave