The influence of fiber source on fiber digestion in rabbits was investigated. Six fibrous feedstuffs with wide differences in chemical composition and particle size were selected: paprika meal, olive leaves, alfalfa hay, soybean hulls, sodium hydroxide-treated barley straw, and sunflower hulls. Six diets were formulated to contain one of these ingredients as the sole source of fiber. To avoid n...

A 56-year-old Hispanic male presented to the emergency department (ED) complaining of right lower quadrant abdominal pain for two days. The pain was gradual in onset with a throbbing, burning quality, and 10 out of 10 severity. He reported diarrhea but denied fever, chills, nausea or vomiting. In the ED the patient was afebrile with normal vital signs, and his abdomen was soft and mildly tender...

Probiotic therapy is based on the concept of normal healthy microflora. The development of novel means of characterising the gut microflora, in particular those based on the different levels of conservation in the ribosomal RNA sequences of different genera, have opened up new angles on the role of the gut microflora in health and disease. Components of the human intestinal microflora or organi...

Smoked salmon contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes has been implicated in foodborne listeriosis. The objectives of this study were to model the growth characteristics and examine the growth relationship of L. monocytogenes and native microflora in smoked salmon. Smoked salmon samples with a native microflora count of 2.9 log(10) CFU/g were inoculated with a 6-strain mixture of L. monocytoge...

The relationship between propagating distal ileal and proximal colonic motor patterns has not been systematically examined in humans. Our aim was to define the relationships, if any, between prolonged propagating contractions or discrete clustered contractions and cecal propagating sequences using multiple manometric recording sites spanning the distal ileum and unprepared colon. In 14 healthy ...