Microbial Digestion in the Alimentary Tract

The influence of the microflora of the alimentary tract on protein digestion in the chick.

I. The course of digestion of freeze-dried and heat-damaged egg albumen labelled with 14C in all its constituent amino acids was compared in germ-free and conventional chicks. The albumen was given at a level of 10 % in a test meal containing 28 % protein. Samples of digesta were taken 5 h later and analysed for 14C and nitrogenous constituents. 2. After administration of unheated albumen, II y...

Hamartomas in the alimentary tract.

The digestion of cellulose by sheep; the extent of cellulose digestion at successive levels of the alimentary tract.

Aging and the alimentary tract.

Alimentary Tract: Intestine

While tremendous advances have improved the understanding of inflammatory bowel disease, with regard to environmental risk factors as well as the biochemical nature of the inflammatory process, a determination of primary etiology remains elusive. Numerous theories have been proposed in the past century concerning the cause of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis with implications for specific...