Human flora

[Victor Steinbok]

My apologies for being anthropocentric--to the best of my knowledge,
bovines rarely talk about their own intestinal flora, so I did not think
of considering it from their perspective.

The issue is not so much whether it /is/ beneficial or not, but how
people talk about it. With the rise of probiotics in the US market,
there is increased discussion of "intestinal flora" restoration--i.e.,
intestinal flora as something you want to have. Next time I talk to a
bovine, I'll ask [it?] the opinion on human intestinal flora.

     VS-)

On 12/21/2011 11:10 PM, Dan Nussbaum wrote:
> Note that human intestinal flora usually comes in the context of being
> /beneficial/, while bovine intestinal flora is what every food
> establishment is afraid of--contaminants (E. coli).
>
>
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> Human flora is beneficial for humans. Bovine flora is beneficial for bovine=
> s but not for humans. To my knowledge no one has attempted to flood cattle =
> with human flora. They might become ill also.

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