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Cinnamongoil t1_jdh478r wrote

Reply to comment by tjeulink in Where do rumen bacteria come from? by ryum1503

what … source?! I never heard of this and I work in medical care.

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jatjqtjat t1_jdh58y5 wrote

Yea, its not true. It would mean if a round of antibiotics killed these bacteria off, getting them back would be... unpleasant.

Bacteria that eats cellulose is going to be found on the cellulose that the cow is eating.

The birth canal might give the calf head start. But it's not the only way.

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tjeulink t1_jdhbcwb wrote

There's evidence that that is the role of the apendix, it functions as a refuge for healthy gut bacteria, even during antibiotic treatments.

And don't spread misinformation.

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/fecal-transfer-from-moms-to-babies-after-c-section-trial-results-68012

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190918131447.htm

>Scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, UCL, the University of Birmingham and their collaborators discovered that whereas vaginally born babies got most of their gut bacteria from their mother, babies born via caesarean did not, and instead had more bacteria associated with hospital environments in their guts.

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