Preliminary Investigations on the Therapeutic Efficacy and Safety of Mixed Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria on Albino Rats Challenged with Shigella dysenteriae

Table 7

Percentage change in the bacterial load of stool samples of albino rats challenged with Shigella dysenteriae.

S/no.	Treatment	Coliform counts	Total plate counts	Salmonella/Shigella counts	LAB counts	Inference
		% increase	% increase	% decrease	% increase
1	Positive control	26.00	91.18	40.35	20.10	Not improved
2	Negative control	81.25	89.21	82.44	57.35	Normal
3	Treatment 1 (T1)	43.43	decrease; 76.25	95.00	97.00	Greatly improved gut
4	Treatment 2 (T2)	57.43	2.98	98.03	35.00	Normal
5	Treatment 3 (T3)	49.79	15.74	83.75	18.20	Not improved