Increase in calorie intake required to maintain body weight in germ-free rats
| Value | 30 % |
|---|---|
| Organism | Rat Rattus norvegicus |
| Reference | Hooper LV, Gordon JI. Commensal host-bacterial relationships in the gut. Science. 2001 May 11292(5519):1115-8.PubMed ID11352068 |
| Primary Source | Wostmann BS, Larkin C, Moriarty A, Bruckner-Kardoss E. Dietary intake, energy metabolism, and excretory losses of adult male germfree Wistar rats. Lab Anim Sci. 1983 Feb33(1):46-50.PubMed ID6834773 |
| Comments | Compared to conventional rodents (possessing their ‘normal’ gut flora) |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 102389 |