Lactobacillus reuteri som probiotisk terapi mot bakteriell vaginit hos avelsråttor
Lactobacillus reuteri has been used as probiotics in piglet and chicken feedings as
well as in different diary products for humans. In this EEF-work I have shown that
L. reuteri can be an alternative for treatment of vaginitis in laboratory rats used for
breeding. In a breeding stock with 3000 animals some animals had a vaginal
infection with ??haemolytic streptococci group G. The infection was spread
among the animals when their heat statuses were checked intra vaginally with an
impedance meter. After treatment with L. reuteri both intra vaginally and supplied
in the drinking water no animal has been found to carry the infection. I have also
shown by in vitro studies that L. reuteri has an inhibitory effect on growth of
Streptococcus canis in liquid medium. Furthermore L. reuteri had the ability to
adhere to human intestinal cells INT-407 in vitro.