Submitted by ryum1503 t3_11zokze in askscience
jatjqtjat t1_jdh58y5 wrote
Reply to comment by Cinnamongoil in Where do rumen bacteria come from? by ryum1503
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.
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.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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