BACKGROUND Pouchitis and dysplasia may affect the reservoir after restorative proctocolectomy. AIMS To assess the suitability of confocal laser endomicroscopy for the in vivo diagnosis of mucosal changes in ileal pouch for ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis. METHODS Standard endoscopy and endomicroscopy were performed in 18 pouches. Confocal images were scored for the pre...

This experiment was conducted to compare the effects of prebiotic as alternative feed additive to an antibiotic growth promoter (bacitracin methylene disalicyate) on the growth performance and morphometrical parameters of the small intestine of broiler chickens. One hundred and forty four day old broiler chicks were randomly assigned to one of three dietary treatments for 6 wk and each treatmen...

Abstract Background Seaweed-derived polysaccharides (SDP) represent an attractive source of prebiotic nutraceuticals for the food and animal husbandry industry. However, mechanism by which SDP from Enteromorpha mediates pig growth are not fully understood. This study aimed to investigate how supplementation influences performance intestinal health in weaned pigs. Results In Exp. 1, 240 pigs wer...

An antigen retrieval method for immunohistochemical staining of glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-2-immunoreactive cells was investigated in the chicken small intestine. GLP-2-immunoreactive cells were observed as open-typed endocrine cells in the villous epithelium and crypts on both antigen retrieval agent-treated and untreated preparations. No obvious differences were detected in morphological fea...

to compare the effects of two herbal extracts, antibiotic, probiotic, and ethanol extract of propolis on performance, relative weight of internal organs, carcass characteristics and morphology of the small intestine of broilers challenged with salmonella enteritidis a trial was performed based on completely randomized design. four hundred and twenty day old male broiler chicks including 7 treat...

AIMS To investigate colonic metaplasia of goblet and columnar epithelial cells in ileal pouch mucosa; to correlate this with the degree of morphological and inflammatory change; and to assess whether such changes are related to the presence of faecal stasis. METHODS Biopsy specimens of ileal pouch mucosa were taken from 31 patients (30 with ulcerative colitis, one with familial adenomatous po...

  Objective(s): The aim of the present study is to determine the effect of Chloramphenicol (CAP) on rat liver and small intestine. Effect of phenobarbital (PB) on CAP toxicity was also investigated.   Materials and Methods:   Rats were received CAP at doses of 0, 200, 400 and 600 mg/kg. Another group was pretreated with 80 mg/kg PB 30 min prior to administration of various doses...

As a novel approach for disease control and prevention, nutritional modulation of the intestinal health has been proved. However, It is still unknown whether branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) is needed to maintain intestinal immune-related function. The objective of this study was to determine whether BCAA supplementation in protein restricted diet affects growth performance, intestinal barrier ...