For the assessment of fat malabsorption, the standard method of measuring faecal fat excretion using a 5 day stool collection has been compared with the alternative methods: stool microscopy, a lipid tolerance test and a continuous marker technique for the estimation of fat content on a single stool sample. The lipid test, using an emulsion of arachis oil (Prosparol), was less reliable than had...

Aim: To obtain the clinical appraisal and haemato-biochemical alterations in cattle suffering from anaemia in Jammu division of J&K, India. Materials and Methods: 125 cattle were screened for anaemia on the basis of Haemoglobin (Hb) concentration. Blood samples were taken for estimation of Hb, packed cell volume (PCV), total erythrocyte count (TEC), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscul...

Faecal bulk may play an important role in preventing a range of disorders of the large bowel, but as yet there is little information available on the relative faecal bulking capacities of various foods. Breakfast cereals are often promoted as a good source of potential bulk for 'inner health' because they provide dietary fibre, but their relative abilities to provide faecal bulk per se have not...

Knowledge of horses that shed the same number of strongyle eggs over time can lead to the optimization of parasite control strategies. This study evaluated shedding of strongyle eggs in 424 horses on 10 farms when a selective anthelmintic treatment regime was used over a 3-year period. Faecal egg counts were performed twice yearly, and horses exceeding 200 eggs per gram (EPG) of faeces were tre...

OBJECTIVE To test the impact of physician education and facilitator assisted office system interventions on cancer early detection and preventive services. DESIGN A randomised trial of two interventions alone and in combination. SETTING AND SUBJECTS Physicians in 98 ambulatory care practices in the United States. INTERVENTIONS The education intervention consisted of a day long physician m...

had similar symptoms five days previously without systemic upset and had not required admission to hospital. On examination she had a temperature of 39°C, a tachycardia, and minimal abdominal tenderness with active bowel sounds. Haematological and biochemical investigations gave normal results. The ratio of T4 to T8 cells was normal at 2-3 (reference range 1-0-2 5). Cefuroxime was started, desf...

Forty-five healthy men aged 21-34 years took part in a double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study of the effects of 28 days' treatment with lornoxicam 4 mg twice daily or indomethacin 50 mg twice daily on faecal blood loss and the endoscopic appearances of gastric and duodenal mucosa. After an initial endoscopic examination, subjects received, intravenously, on day 0, autologous ery...

the second international proctology congress was held on october 17 to 18 at razavi hospital. some surgeons of the italian society of colo-rectal surgery (societa italiana di chirurgia colo-rettale, siccr) attended the congress.

The recommendations for the Ca supply for maintenance of dogs have been reduced by about 75 % in the last decades. An important factor for Ca requirements is faecal Ca losses. In previous studies with experimental diets faecal Ca losses depended on Ca intake and on faecal DM excretion. A predictive equation for faecal Ca losses in mg/kg body weight (BW) developed in a fibre model is: faecal los...

zataria multiflora essential oil possesses immunomodulatory effects and the present study investigatesits effect on immune responses to live newcastle disease (nd) vaccines and faecal shedding period ofvaccine strain virus in chickens. one hundred and eighty chickens from both sexes were divided into 6 equalgroups: group 1: unvaccinated, group 2: vaccinated (b1 vaccine followed by la sota 10 da...