Table 2 Intestinal microbiota of dogs during administration of Queso Blanco cheese
| Bacterial group | 4 week | 8 week |
| QCB1) | QC | Control | QCB | QC | Control |
| Enterobacteriaceae | 7.6±1.772) (100)3) | 8.2±1.57(100) | 7.9±1.48(100) | 7.2±0.92(100)a | 8.4±0.64(100)b | 8.7±0.37(100)b |
| Enterococcus | 8.1±2.10(100) | 8.9±0.74(100) | 9.3±0.58(100) | 9.4±0.73(100) | 8.8±0.93(100) | 7.5±1.54(100) |
| Yeast | -4) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lactobacillus | 4.8±3.05(60) | 4.1±3.05(60) | - | 6.4±3.37(60) | 7.0±3.03(60) | 4.8±2.25(40) |
| Bifidobacterium | - | - | - | 8.4±0.55(60) | - | - |
| Eubacterium | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bacteroidaceae | 10.0±0.54(100) | 9.2±1.44(80) | 9.3±0.62(100) | 9.8±0.99(100) | 9.3±0.89(100) | 9.1±0.66(100) |
| Clostridium spp. | 2.7±0.00(20) | 2.0±0.00(20) | | 6.2±0.00(20) | 2.7±0.66(40) |
| Total counts | 10.2±0.43 | 9.5±1.26 | 9.7±0.49 | 10.4±0.32 | 9.7 ±0.38 | 9.4 ±0.51 |
1) QCB, Queso Blanco cheese with B. longum KACC 91563; QC, Queso Blanco cheese without B. longum KACC 91563; C, control.
2) Data expressed as mean±log10 count of bacteria/g of feces.
3) Figures in parentheses corresponds to frequency of occurrence (%).
4) -, Not detected.
ab Different superscript letters indicate the statistical differences determined by ANOVA (p<0.05).