The synthetic disaccharide lactulose is known to improve the intestinal microflora by stimulating the growth of selected probiotic bacteria in the gut. In our experiment the effects of lactulose in combination with the probiotic bacteria Enterococcus faecium on growth performance and morphology of the bovine intestine were examined. Calves aged 39 ± 2 days were randomised to three feeding group...

endophytes are considered as an important source of bioactive natural products because thesemicroorganisms are able to occupy unique biological niches and grow in non-ordinaryenvironments. therefore, endophytic fungi of medicinal plants can be developed for medicinalapplications. on the other hand, medicinal properties of plant can be ascribed to its endophyticfungi. thymus sp. is widely used a...

To date, giardiasis remains an urgent disease in the practice of family doctors, internists and pediatricians. Family cases are quite common. If one case is detected family, it necessary to examine all members. Currently, relevant, especially pediatrics. The difficulty detecting children primarily due fact that its manifestations often disguised as various clinical variants gastroenterological ...

The exact reason for the occurrence of Crohn’s disease remains unknown. It is believed that pathology can be carried out by infectious and viral pathogens, deviations from norm natural balance microflora gastrointestinal tract (hereinafter – tract). Many researchers indicate an abnormal autoimmune response body on food stimuli in favor such assertion indicates systematic impression internal org...

Abstract Background Many factors influence the composition of sinus microflora. The microbial balance is most disturbed by use antibacterial agents. Superinfections caused more than one pathogen may then occur. Despite treatment, including surgery and long‐term antibiotic therapy, many patients with sinusitis do not experience significant relief from their symptoms. It has been hypothesized tha...

BACKGROUND Guanylate Cyclase C (GC-C) is an apically-oriented transmembrane receptor that is expressed on epithelial cells of the intestine. Activation of GC-C by the endogenous ligands guanylin or uroguanylin elevates intracellular cGMP and is implicated in intestinal ion secretion, cell proliferation, apoptosis, intestinal barrier function, as well as the susceptibility of the intestine to in...

The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) in chickens, turkeys and ducks is a dynamic organ system. During early posthatch growth, there is a tremendous energetic allocation to GIT growth. While most research has focused on ontogenic changes to nutrient transporter and/or enzyme production, the structural aspects of intestinal maturation often is not studied in tandem, which may be more limiting to grow...

I . The concentrations of volatile fatty acids (VFA) in the rumen and caecum were compared when sheep were given barley or dried grass. The molar proportions of VFA in the caecum resembled those in the rumen except that the proportions of isobutyric and isovaleric acids were higher in caecal than in rumen fluid indicating an extensive breakdown of protein during fermentation in the caecum. 2. T...

The recovery of inulin, a naturally occurring beta (2-->1)-fructan isolated from Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.), in the small intestine of man was studied in ileostomy subjects. The ileostomists were given a low-dietary-fibre diet based on white wheat bread and virtually free of inulin, and the same diet with the addition of 10 g and 30 g inulin product respectively, and the reco...