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Posted by EJ on July 02, 2000 at 14:02:20:

In Reply to: Re: baytril question update posted by A. C. Highfield on July 02, 2000 at 03:44:49:

Andy, could you please cite a reference for your conclusions. This will help me when I put this to my friend.
I believed what you are saying, that the gut flora can be wiped out by antibiotics, for the longest time but I don't know now. It needs more consideration. My friend who is a well respected herp vet passed this on to me and I mention it in conversation not as fact, something to discuss and consider. Also if I remember correctly we were talking Baytril and tortoises.
My friend did mention that a gut flora imbalance in grazing mamals which is lethal was caused by the overuse of antibiotics but that there was no evidence for this in grazing tortoises.
It was mentioned that stomach ph is about 2 which I think is as acid as you can get.
One of the first things I hope everyone realizes on the net is that it is totally uncontrolled (for the most part). Consider all the information you feel might be helpful to you and throw out what you think is not. Many (Not all) people 'publish' 'data' on the net because they either fear peer review or do not think they can get by peer review or they do not respect the opinions of the peer review process. Most of the good info on the net is written objectively. Thats the stuff I key on to.
(disregard if you wish)

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: Andy, could you please cite a reference for your conclusions. This will help me when I put this to my friend. : I believed what you are saying, that the gut flora can be wiped out by antibiotics, for the longest time but I don't know now. It needs more consideration. My friend who is a well respected herp vet passed this on to me and I mention it in conversation not as fact, something to discuss and consider. Also if I remember correctly we were talking Baytril and tortoises. : My friend did mention that a gut flora imbalance in grazing mamals which is lethal was caused by the overuse of antibiotics but that there was no evidence for this in grazing tortoises. : It was mentioned that stomach ph is about 2 which I think is as acid as you can get. : One of the first things I hope everyone realizes on the net is that it is totally uncontrolled (for the most part). Consider all the information you feel might be helpful to you and throw out what you think is not. Many (Not all) people 'publish' 'data' on the net because they either fear peer review or do not think they can get by peer review or they do not respect the opinions of the peer review process. Most of the good info on the net is written objectively. Thats the stuff I key on to. : (disregard if you wish)

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