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Measurement of endotoxic activity in feces of normal horses
S Kawamura1, K Hirayama, T Mitsuoka
1Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract:
Two chromogenic Limulus amebocyte lysate systems were evaluated for the measurement of endotoxic activity in feces of normal horses. Fecal extracts had neither non-specific nor inhibitory effect on the test reaction, and the two systems with different specificity showed equivalent results. Endotoxic activities in feces of healthy horses averaged 5.7 +/- 2.8 microns/g wet weight. Correlation between the endotoxin levels and the fecal microbial flora could not be determined.