a 42-d trial was conducted to compare the effects of probiotic, prebiotic and synbiotic supplements on growth performance, morphology of the jejunum, serum lipid profile and antibody response of broiler chickens. a total of 400 one-d-old male broiler chicks were randomly divided into four treatment groups of four replicates (25 birds per replicate) and fed corn-soybean meal diets. the dietary t...

external exposed radiation may play an important role in pathogens of irritable bowel syndrome (ibs), although is thought to arise due to a combination of genetic and environmental factors. the result is dysregulated immune responses due to alteration in the gut microbiota population and the subsequent development of gut inflammation. it has recently been shown that the effect of ionizing radia...

in this essay, the heavy metal resistance patterns of bacterial strains isolated from industrial wastewater, domestic wastewater and various parts of the wastewater treatment system of arak city have been studied. 28 intestinal bacterial strains were screened and identified as klebsiella, escherichia coli, citrobacter and enterobacter species biochemical methods. the minimum inhibitory concentr...

to access the surgical progress of patients with long segment aganglionosis and long-term evaluation. during the past 15 years, we reviewed the therapy and outcome of 15 patients with long-segment agangelionosis (lsa) in mofid children's hospital. 2 with agangelionosis to the midtransvers colon (mta(, 8 to the ascendant and cecum (a/ca), 4 with total colonic and distal ileum involvement (tca), ...

background: we aimed to determine the status of strongyloidiasis in mentally disabled population in the institutional places in rasht city, the capital of guilan province, northern iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted in 8 institutions for mentally retarded population in rasht in 2013. before collecting the samples, a questionnaire was filled out for each participant by an ex...

during the period of 1984-1995, nine young patients were admitted to shiraz university hospitals with a chief complaint of abdominal mass, weight loss and chronic diarrhea. clinically, these cases were diagnosed as intestinal tuberculosis or lymphoma. laparotomy revealed a huge mass involving the upper small intestine. histologic sections showed diffuse infiltration of the intestinal wall with ...

intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a condition in which the intestine’s ability to push food through is reduced. it often leads to the dilation of the various parts of the bowel. it can be idiopathic or inherited from a parent, or caused by another disease. we report a rare case of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in a 3-year-old boy who referred with acute abdominal pain, and was lat...

background plasmablastic lymphoma (pbl) is a relatively new entity, classified by who as a rare variant of diffuse large b cell lymphoma. the present case report introduces a 17 year old girl with chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain, intra-abdominal venous thromboses, ascites, mesenteric lymphadenopathies and small intestinal polyposis, the pathologic and immunohistochemistric examinations of the ...

background the increase in intestinal permeability following damage to the intestinal mucosa in any surgical procedure, trauma or fasting is well- known. objectives our objective was to experimentally evaluate whether antioxidant consumption is associated with decreased intestinal damage in intestinal surgical procedures. materials and methods forty rabbits were used to compare the pathological...