Effect of sodium butyric acid, sodium valerianic acid, and osmolarity on contractility of specimens of intestinal wall obtained from the cecum and spiral colon of healthy cows

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 678-683

  Allemann, Monika ^a   Eicher, Richard ^a   Mevissen, Meike ^a   Haltiner, René ^a   Meylan, Mireille ^a   Steiner, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; N PENTANOIC ACID; N-PENTANOIC ACID; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CECUM; COLON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OSMOLARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBACHOL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CECUM; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; COLON; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PENTANOIC ACIDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034199825     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2000.61.678     Document Type: Article

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