1. Forty-eight intact male lambs (30 kg) were fed to gain 16 (H), 5 (M) or -6 (L) kg during a 42 d interval (period 1). Lambs from each of the H and M groups were fed to gain either 16 (HH, MH), 5 (HM, MM) or -6 (HL, ML) kg and lambs from the L group were fed to gain 27 (LS), 16 (LH) or 5 (LM) kg during the ensuing 42 d (period 2). 2. Fasting heat production (FHP) of four lambs from each treatm...

INTRODUCTION Intestinal malrotation is a condition, which is predominantly recognised in childhood. Because of the relative rarity, there is a possibility that it can be missed in the routine clinical care of adults. This case highlights the need for a high index of suspicion for malrotation when things go wrong in routine procedures. This can be the reason for catastrophic sepsis in patients w...

Colorectal adenocarcinoma constitutes the most frequent form of colorectal cancer and a serious cause of cancer-related deaths. The expression of multiple miRNAs, including miR-224, is deregulated in colorectal adenocarcinoma. The aim of this study was the investigation of the prognostic value of miR-224 in colorectal adenocarcinoma. For this purpose, total RNA was isolated from 115 colorectal ...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION Intestinal ischemia is a rare complication of laparoscopic surgery. Its prognosis depends on a high index of suspicion and effective early treatment. CASE PRESENTATION In the present report, we describe three cases where intestinal ischemia developed following laparoscopic surgery. Case 1 concerns a 52-year-old Caucasian man who developed large bowel ischemia follow...

â  the adverse effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) on the upper gastrointestinal (gi) tract and small intestine are well established. the effect of such therapy on the large intestine, so called nsaid-induced colopathy, is less well described. nsaid-induced colopathy usually involves the right colon due to a higher concentration of the drug at this site, but the rectum may...

One of the most important theories of the traditional Chinese medicine is the exterior-interior relationship between the lung and the large intestine; so far, little direct experimental evidence has been reported to support such relationship. Here we for the first time investigated the mutual interactions between the lung and the large intestine by examining the relevancies between the pulmonar...

Twenty-five cases of Crohn's disease (regional enteritis) of the large intestine are described and illustrated. The clinical and pathological criteria for this diagnosis are discussed with emphasis on the distinction from ulcerative colitis. Suggestions are made regarding the surgical treatment of these patients.

background: the northern pike esox lucius is a fresh water species belonging to the esocidae family. it is a carnivorous fish which mostly feeds on invertebrates and fishes. the morphology of its intestine is very useful for understanding the fish’s digestive physiology, diagnosing some intestinal diseases and formulating suitable feeds. objectives: this study was designed to determine the anat...

Our study suggested that the super-small sized (less than 15 mm in maximum diameter) large bowel advanced cancers, which were sometimes found, were derived from the superficial depressed-type or flat elevation-type of the colorectal early cancers, not polyp-type of those.