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Table 3 Bacterial contamination after 48 hours of incubation of peritoneal lavage and lymph node specimens

From: Bovine colostrum in oral treatment of enterogenic endotoxaemia in rats

Substance

Positive lavage (%)

Positive lymph nodes (%)

Albumin

62.5

62.5

Type 1 BC

27.3*

48.0*

Type 2 BC

57.0

55.3

Type 3 BC

25.0*

20.5*

Type 2 BC + 80 mg LF/kg

18.0*

17.0*

  1. Shown are findings with bovine colostrum (BC) types 1, 2 and 3 (400 mg/kg each), and BC type 2 with 80 mg/kg lactoferrin (LF) as compared with the albumin control group (400 mg/kg). *P < 0.05, versus control group.
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