this study was carried out to investigate the effects of medicinal plants, prebiotic and probiotic as alternatives to antibiotics on the growth performance, intestinal morphology and ileal digestibility of nutrients in broilers. a total of 288 one- day-old broiler chicks (cobb 500) were randomly assigned to 6 treatments and 4 replicates with 12 chicks per each replicate in a completely randomiz...

A 70-year-old man was admitted to hospital for repeated vomiting and passing tarry stool for 1 week in October 2011. On physical examination, the patient was pale. The abdomen was not distended but there was a succussion splash in the epigastric area. Laboratory tests revealed microcytic anaemia with a haemoglobin level of 60 g/L. His creatinine level was 140 μmol/L, and his bilirubin level was...

Variations in the morphology of pancreas are not very common. We observed a rare variant of the uncinate process of the pancreas that extended in the mesentery of the small intestine. After its origin from the lower part of the head of the pancreas, the mesenteric process (MP) passed over the third part of the duodenum to enter the mesentery of the jejunum and ileum and extended up to the level...

Background: The African ostrich is the largest herbivorous bird in world, which has high economic value. However, brooding period of long. During this period, various organs body are not fully developed, resistance low and it easy to get sick, thus affecting growth development. Therefore, great significance enhance digestion absorption capacity chicks improve its speed shortening incubation ost...

Few previous studies have discussed the changes in serotonin receptor activity in the small intestine of diabetic animals. Therefore, we examined serotonin content in duodenal tissue and dose-dependent effects of serotonin agonists and antagonists on the motor activity of ex vivo vascularly perfused duodenum of streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic rats. Serotonin content was significantly increased in...

This report describes clinical and parasitological findings of an 82-yr-old female patient who lived in a local rural village and suffered from severe chronic anemia for several years. She was transferred to the National Police Hospital in Seoul for management of severe dyspnea and dizziness. At admission, she showed symptoms or signs of severe anemia. Gastroduodenoscopy observed hyperemic muco...

The uniformity of mucosal morphology within the distal duodenum and the first loop of jejunum, ie, the area usually biopsied, was examined at necropsy in 116 children. In those with no evidence of gastrointestinal disease there was no significant variation within this area, but in 25 children with mucosal abnormality, variation occurred within a small area. The crests of the plicae circulares w...