[Cecal motricity and ceco-iliac transit in the horse].
Electrical spiking activity of the caecum is increased eight-fold and the rate of passage of digesta is increased four-fold when the volume of caecal contents is doubled. The role of caecal motility in regulating the volume of caecal contents is discussed.
D000818:Animals; D002432:Cecum / Q000502:physiology*; D003106:Colon / Q000502:physiology; D004063:Digestion; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004576:Electromyography; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
Motricité caecale et transit caeco-colique chez le chaval