Figure 4
From: Zinc treatment ameliorates diarrhea and intestinal inflammation in undernourished rats
Bacterial translocation experiments from Wistar rats challenged by the regional basic northeast diet (RBD) and following lactose administration. The RBD was given ad libitum for 14 days and lactose (30 g/Kg, by gavage) was administered after the 8th day of the experiment. Values are expressed in aerobic colony-forming units (CFU) per milligram of the spleen tissue. Statistical analyses were done using Mann-Whitney or Kruskal-Wallis followed by Dunns’ correction. Groups: nourished control, undernourished control (UN), undernourished control supplemented with zinc (UN + Zn), undernourished control challenged by lactose (UN + Lac), and lactose-challenged undernourished rats supplemented with zinc (UN + Zn + Lac).