background : approach to the small intestine has been difficult even with newer methods. double-balloon enteroscopy (dbe) has been created for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in diseases of the small intestine. small intestinal diseases have different etiologies in each country. the dbe has been introduced in recent years in iran. our aim was to study the indications and results of dbe...

background: intestinal helminths in dogs provide a potential source of infection in humans due to the close contact be­tween humans and dogs. due to the limited information on parasites infecting dogs in kaduna state, nigeria, a cross sec­tional study was conducted with the aim of determining the diversity and prevalence of intestinal helminths of dogs in the area. methods: during the survey, 1...

conclusions the patients with diffuse pjs may be asymptomatic and without gastrointestinal or extragastrointestinal malignancies. introduction peutz-jeghers syndrome (pjs) is a rare disorder characterized by mucocutaneous perioral pigmentation, gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyposis, and an increased risk of malignancy. families with pjs may show a variable spectrum of manifestations in spite...

this study was conducted to determine the effects of mannan oligosaccharide (mos) on growth, some immune responses and gut lactic acid bacteria of common carp. four experimental diets containing 0%, 0.05%, 0.10% and 0.20% mos were prepared. each diet was randomly allocated to triplicate groups of fish with initial average weight of approximately 14 g. after eight weeks, survival rate was high i...

In this study, 180 aut of 986 primary school children of Absard were evaluated for the presence of intestinal parasitic infections. Direct smears of one stool sample for each public were used in this study. The samples were selected from one urban and two rural areas. Afghan immigrants were also included in the study. Among study population, 69 % were infected by intestinal parasites. The most...

SUMMARY This is a case report of a 3 year-old boy with anemia and lower intestinal bleeding. Colonoscopy revealed vascular ectasia of the colon. In R.B.C labeled scintigraphy, expansion of intestinal blood pool (due to vascular malformation) and multiple bleeding sites have been identified.

a 2 × 3 factorial experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of enzyme endofeed w (eew) at 0 and 0.05%, thyme essential oil (teo), probiotic primalac® (pp) and non-feed additive, on intestinal histomorphology of broilers fed wheat-based diet. each of the 6 dietary treatments was replicated 4 times with 12 chicks each from 0 to 42 days of age. there was no interaction between enzyme and ...

this study was performed to investigate the effects of antibiotic, organic acid, probiotic and prebiotic supplementation on performance, egg shell quality, ph value of gastrointestinal (gi) tract and small intestinal morphology of laying hens. the experiment was a completely randomized design with 160 laying hens strain (w-36) from 32 to 42 weeks of age, with five treatments, four replicates an...

the intestinal bacterial diversity of stichopus japonicus was investigated using 16s ribosomal rna gene (rdna) clone library and polymerase chain reaction/denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (pcr-dgge). the clone library yielded a total of 188 clones, and these were sequenced and classified into 106 operational taxonomic units (otus) with sequence similarity ranging from 88 to 100%. the cov...