Feeding management before gastrointestinal studies in pigs

Rachael Gregson (Lead / Corresponding author), Stephen Greenhalgh, Benjamin Cox, Sandy Cochrane, R. Eddie Clutton

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    Abstract

    Pigs are used to model humans in gastrointestinal (GI) studies because of their comparable size, physiology and behaviour: both are monogastric omnivores. A porcine surgical model for testing novel, tethered ultrasound capsule endoscopes (USCE) requires a clean, motile small intestine. Recommendations for human GI tract preparation before the mechanically similar process of video capsule endoscopy describe using oral purgatives, while high-carbohydrate drinks are recommended before colorectal surgery. Reports of the GI preparation of pigs exist but lack technical details, that is, administration, efficacy and side effects. This report details feeding a high-energy liquid diet to 11 female pigs undergoing surgery and USCE which was readily accepted and easily administered, and which produced a clean, motile small intestine and caused no detectable physiological/behavioural abnormalities.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)177-180
    Number of pages4
    JournalLaboratory Animals
    Volume55
    Issue number2
    Early online date12 Oct 2020
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2021

    Keywords

    • Pigs
    • Anaesthesia
    • Food Withdrawal
    • Refinement
    • Gastrointestinal Tract
    • Capsule
    • Endoscopy
    • Colorectal Surgery
    • gastrointestinal tract
    • capsule endoscopy
    • food withdrawal
    • colorectal surgery
    • refinement
    • anaesthesia

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Veterinary
    • Animal Science and Zoology

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