The Host and its Microflora: an Ecological Unit

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The ways in which the nutritional status of an animal may be affected by the microflora of the digestive tract are many and complex. As cursorily illustrated by the research findings cited, nutritionists, microbiologists, anatomists, physiologists and immunologists regard the interrelationships between the host and the microflora through different eyes and against different backgrounds of knowledge. Understanding of the problem will only evolve through synthesis of the information gained from continued research in the various subject areas. That understanding should bring increased capability for management of the microflora to the ultimate benefit of the host, whether the host be one of our domestic animals or man himself. Copyright © 1979. American Society of Animal Science . Copyright 1979 by American Society of Animal Science.

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