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We found that Delta1-expressing cells, undifferentiated cells and Notch-activated cells colocalize within the endodermal epithelium during early gland formation. Inhibition of Notch signaling using Numb or dominant-negative form of Su(H) resulted in a luminal differentiation, while forced activation...
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PMID: 15930109
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Three juvenile male Micronesian kingfishers (Halcyon cinnamomina cinnamomina) housed in the same enclosure presented with rapid weight gain and coelomic distension. Physical examination and radiography revealed marked enlargement of the ventriculus and a single, large foreign body within the ventric...
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PMID: 15732595
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A porcine collagen patch did not enhance ventriculotomy wound healing. Subjectively, the collagen patch might have contributed to perforation by the generation of a lymphocytic xenograft rejection response. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Ventriculotomy can be safely performed using routine closure methods in h...
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PMID: 12692754
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We showed that Lactobacillus animalis, L. fermentum, and L. fermentum ssp. cellobiosus had lectinlike proteic structures on their surfaces and high hydrophobicity values on the cell surface of L. fermentum ssp. cellobiosus. Here, we examined the presence of the bacterial forces or structures that co...
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PMID: 11888161
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Our results from this in vitro model suggest that these lactobacilli are able to block the binding sites for Salmonella adhesion....
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PMID: 10696476
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Peptides with molecular weights of 0.8 to 16 kDa were isolated from the keratinous envelope of chicken muscular stomach cuticle. The peptide preparation had a immunostimulating activity whose qualitative and quantitative traits made it comparable with the activity of known drugs of similar compositi...
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PMID: 9749437
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CdxA, a chicken homeobox-containing gene related to caudal in Drosophila, has been implicated in the regionalization of endoderm. It is reported here that, in the development of the chicken embryo, CdxA expression appears in the endoderm at day 1.5 of development as bilateral bands on either side of...
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PMID: 9338600
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This study describes the gross anatomy of the alimentary tract of Houbara Bustards (Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii), Kori Bustards (Ardeotis kori), Rufous-crested Bustards (Eupodotis ruficrista) and White-bellied Bustards (Eupodotis senegalensis) maintained in captivity by the National Avian Resear...
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PMID: 9418995
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A lectin histochemical study was performed to investigate the glycoconjugate saccharidic moieties of the lining and glandular epithelium of the chick embryo proventriculus from day 7 to hatching. The sugar residues D-galactose-(beta 1-->3)-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, alpha/beta...
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PMID: 8835138
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Hadjelia truncata is well recognised as an avian parasite but is rarely reported as pathogenic. This paper describes severe disease in pigeons due to this parasite and is the first to describe the condition in Cyprus. The morphology of the parasite and the associated lesions are described and illust...
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PMID: 7676581
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Highly purified and well-characterised preparations of equine prolactin and growth hormone from equine pituitary glands were employed to set up highly sensitive and specific homologous radioimmunoassays (RIA) for the measurement of hormone in horse plasma. The limit of sensitivity of the GH RIA was...
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PMID: 7986349
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We tested the hypotheses that motility of the crop and muscular stomach are coordinated and that the stomach exerts primary control over crop filling and emptying in domestic turkeys. Simultaneous recordings of motility of the crop, esophagus, and stomach with implanted strain gauge transducers and...
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PMID: 1523251
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Effects of adding .5% of a hydrated sodium calcium aluminosilicate (HSCAS) to diets containing 1 or .5 mg aflatoxin (AF)/kg were determined in male turkey poults from 1 day to 3 wk of age. Body weight gains were significantly reduced by 51 and 19% in turkey poults fed 1 and .5 mg AF/kg, respectively...
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PMID: 1656420
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Sometimes curious foreign bodies placed in the proventriculus/ventriculus of companion birds are causes of single case diseases. Clinical signs include atypical symptoms such as distress, lameness, vomiting and diarrhea. In cases of heavy metal intoxication, e.g. lead poisoning, CNS-disorders are fo...
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PMID: 2065613
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Endocrine cells in the gastrointestinal tract of the domestic duck were identified immunocytochemically using antisera specific to bombesin, chromogranin A, cholecystokinin (CCK), gastrin, glucagon, neuron specific enolase (NSE), neurotensin, secretin, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), somatostatin, subst...
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PMID: 1685096
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1. Two procedures were developed for the preparation of duck pepsinogen, an enzyme from the family of aspartic proteases (EC 3.4.23.1) and its zymogen. 2. The amino acid composition, sugar content and the partial N- and C-terminal sequences of both the enzyme and the zymogen were determined. These s...
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PMID: 2253484
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The properties of a previously isolated disulfide form of pituitary porcine prolactin (pPRL) were studied. Using the immunoblotting technique and anti-pPRL antiserum it was shown that the disulfide dimeric form occurred at every stage of pPRL purification. The biological activity of this form was 11...
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PMID: 2602354
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Glycolipoconjugates of mucin from the intermediate zone of the hen glandular stomach is shown to include at least 5 glycolipoprotein threads with equal molecular weight of about 10 kD but with different lipid content and amino acid composition. Retinol is bound only to 2-3 glycolipoproteins which co...
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PMID: 2588335
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The cellular retinol-binding proteins with the molecular weight of 14 and 53.5 kDa have been isolated from the intermediate zone mucosa cells of the glandular stomach in chickens. No substantial differences in the amino acid composition of the investigated proteins have been found. The possible func...
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PMID: 2588345
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The individual and combined effects of aflatoxin and T-2 toxin were studied in male broiler chicks (Hubbard X Hubbard). The experimental design was a 2 X 2 factorial design with dietary treatments of 0 and 2.5 micrograms/g aflatoxin and 0 and 4.0 micrograms/g T-2 toxin. The broilers were obtained at...
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PMID: 3194334
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A Golgi-rich fraction has been isolated from the chicken glandular stomach mucosa cells and characterized. Interaction of the [3H]retinol--cellular retinol-binding protein complex with Golgi-rich fraction is shown. The uptake process is specific and saturable. Free retinol does not penetrate to a Go...
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PMID: 3363674
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Psittacine neuropathic gastric dilatation was studied in four cockatoos (Cacatua spp.). The birds died with characteristic clinical signs, and post-mortem examination revealed a highly distended proventriculus. Upon light microscopic examination, most of the ganglia of the gastric plexus and some of...
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PMID: 3579790
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BB-creatine phosphokinases (CPK-BB, EC 2.7.3.2) were isolated and purified from the chicken brain, heart and gizzard with specific activities 250-300 IU/mg and equal electrophoretic mobilities. Certain differences in thermal stability, activation energy, Km and optimal temperature of the CPK reactio...
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PMID: 3686691
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The topography of the thoraco-abdominal viscera in the ostrich was studied in 20 birds varying in age from 2 weeks to 12 months. The lungs occupied the dorsal third of the thorax, and the heart lay in the cranioventral thorax perpendicular to the long axis of the body. There was no pleural cavity. T...
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PMID: 3725330
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Main notions on the vitamin A function in the organism are considered. A new concept is formulated postulating the vitamin A role in the support of the structure and function of the Golgi complex of epithelial cells of glandular stomach mucosa of chickens.
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PMID: 3535189
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The effects of pancreatic polypeptide (PP) on digestive functions have been studied extensively in mammals. The only two previous studies on the effects of PP on avian (aPP) gastrointestinal function employed bolus injections (i.v.) of the hormone, which may have resulted in nonphysiological plasma...
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PMID: 3925450
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A complex histochemical investigation has been undertaken to study the epithelial lining of the glandular stomach in birds having various types of nutrition. The protective barrier of the avian stomach has been found to be characterized as a resistant (mucosal) barrier, with neutral glycoproteins, s...
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PMID: 6615252
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We tested the efficacy of an amino acid solution (905 mOsM), 0.1 N HCl (300 mOsM), 905 mOsM NaCl, 300 mOsM glucose, corn oil, and balloon distention within the stomach, duodenum, or ileum in stimulating release of avian PP (APP) in turkeys. Although they differ in osmolarity, and are thus difficult...
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PMID: 7105950
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Normal embryonic proventriculi and the heterospecific recombinants of proventricular endoderm and mesenchyme were transplanted onto the chorio-allantoic membrane, and electrophoretic patterns of acid proteases in the explants were analyzed. The results demonstrated that the 6-day chick and 5-day qua...
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PMID: 6220796
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Buphagus erythrorhynchus uses 4 feeding methods--scissoring, plucking, pecking and insect catching. During the day the birds spend 68% of their time feeding, with peaks of activity during the early morning and late afternoon. A total of 21 641 ixodid ticks were found in 53 stomachs examined, with a...
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PMID: 7413164
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Gastrin cells in the pigeon, quail, gull and kite were identified at ultrastructural level by immunocytochemistry, using the consecutive semithin/ultrathin section technique. In contrast to the gastrin granules known in mammals, the avian gastrin granules generally contained a consistent dense core...
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PMID: 7406661
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Vitamin A lack in the diet of chicken produces a significant increase in the glandular stomach as well as formation of erosions and ulcers on the surface of the mucous membrane of the intermediate zone. Replacement of retinyl acetate in the diet by retinoic acid or methyl retionate gives no rise to...
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PMID: 7405133
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In the intermediate area of the chicken stomach with A-avitaminosis the amount of the secretion increases and its chemical composition changes sharply: the content of water, lipids, hexolamines and suphates lowers. By means of 14-C-acetate, 35S-methionine and 35S-sulphate it is established that rene...
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PMID: 664044
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The normal gastroduodenal contraction cycle of turkeys is believed to be controlled and coordinated by the myenteric plexus which lies just under the serosa of the muscular stomach. Methods which would permit direct application of chemical and physical stimuli to these gastric nerves were studied in...
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PMID: 605100
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In mammals, neurotensin cells occur scattered in the epithelium of the jejunum-ileum. In chicken, neurotensin cells are abundant in the region of the gizzard-duodenal junction (antrum) where they occur intermingled with numerous somatostatin and gastrin cells. The neurotensin cells i...
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PMID: 332670
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Endocrine cells displaying neurotensin immunoreactivity are found scattered in the jejuno-ileum of all mammals studied, including man. They are rather scarce in rat, guinea pig, rabbit and pig and fairly numerous in cat, dog and man. In most mammals the neurotensin cells predominate...
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PMID: 321127
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Strain gage transducers were permanently implanted on the muscular stomachs of 13 turkeys, 3 great-horned owls and 2 red-tailed hawks to monitor gastric motility before, during and after eating. Following fasting, the sight of food resulted in significant increases in gastric contractile activity in...
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PMID: 1019075
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The proventriculus, gizzard and pyloric antrum (region between the gizzard and the duodenum) of 18-day Black Australorp chick embryos and of chicks within 30 h of hatching have been studied by electron microscopy. D and EC cells, and putative G, D1 and A-like cells were identified (t...
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PMID: 991228
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Strain gage transducers were chronically implanted on the muscular stomachs of 12 young turkeys to study diurnal patterns of gastric motility. Continuous recordings were made for several days before and after a period of two or three days of fasting. Pronounced diurnal cycles in gastric motility wer...
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PMID: 1033541
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Bipolar Ag/AgCl electrodes were implanted in the stomach and duodenum of 21 turkeys to study electrical activity in those organs. Intraluminal pressure changes were also monitored. For comparative purposes, electric slow waves were recorded from the stomach of turkeys. Although slow waves were recor...
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PMID: 1199995
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Sixteen geese were used to assess the movement of fluid and particulate digesta through their gastrointestinal tracts and to determine the diurnal variation in organic acid levels for the various segments of the tract. Fluid (polyethylene glycol and chronium-labeled ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid)...
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PMID: 240009
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Nine cases of traumatic ventriculitis in chickens, with associated complications, are reported. The findings suggest that chickens with traumatic ventriculitis may die either from extreme emaciation or from toxemia.
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PMID: 1164327
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