Large bowel transit times using radiopaque markers in normal cats
| Autor: | V Fucci, R D Pechman, C S Venugopalan, C S Hedlund |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Radiography
Abdominal medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Colon Radiography Rectum Administration Oral Contrast Media Transit time Cecum Oral administration medicine Animals Small Animals CATS business.industry Gelatin capsule digestive system diseases Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Cats Female business Gastrointestinal Motility Gels |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association. 31(6) |
| ISSN: | 0587-2871 |
| Popis: | Seven normal, young adult, female cats each had its colon evacuated with warm-water enemas (at 24 hours, 12 hours, and one hour) before oral administration of a gelatin capsule containing 20 radiopaque markers to determine normal colonic transit times. Abdominal radiographs were taken twice daily until all markers were expelled. There were no significant differences between animals or trials (p = 0.05 or less). Markers accumulated in the first section of large bowel within eight hours. Evacuation from the colon took another 40 hours. Cecum (right side midline), left side midline, and rectum were defined radiographically. This study establishes large bowel transit times in normal cats and provides the basis for similar evaluation in constipated cats. |
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