[Dissemination of Bdellovibrio acteriovorus in animals and their interaction with the agents of acute intestinal infections].

Cows, horses, pigs and ducks have been found to contain Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus in their intestine and to constantly excrete them with feces into the environment. These microorganisms have not been detected in the feces of man, white mice, frogs and fish. Bdellovibrio, if introduced together with Shigella or after them, prevent the development of keratoconjunctivitis in some of the rabbits. No manifestations of the lytic activity of Bdellovibrio in relation to Salmonella and Vibrio cholerae have been observed in the intestine of white mice and young rabbits.