Table 1 Number of pups born to each C57Bl/6 mother and number of dam-reared pups culled at each timepoint.

From: Carbohydrate Syntrophy enhances the establishment of Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 in the neonatal gut

 

Mother/litter

Number of pups in litter

Cull day: 1

Cull day: 2

Number of pups (age in days)

Number of pups (age in days)

Group A: administered B. bifidum PAM5 and UCC2003PK1

A1

8

4 (10 days)

4 (14 days)

A2

0

  

A3

3

2 (11 days)

1 (15 days)

A4

0

  

A5

0

  

A6

0

  

A7

7

3 (11 days)

4 (15 days)

   

Total 9 animals

Total 9 animals

Group B: administered B. bifidum PAM5 and UCC2003∆nagA1 + 2PK1

B1

5

2 (8 days)

3 (12 days)

B2

6

3 (12 days)

3 (16 days)

B3

8

4 (10 days)

4 (14 days)

B4

0

  

B5

7

3 (10 days)

4 (14 days)

B6

4

2 (9 days)

2 (13 days)

B7

0

  
   

Total 14 animals

Total 16 animals