title: Electromechanical activity of the equine small intestine and its correlation with transit of fluid through Thiry-Vella loops.
abstract: Motility patterns in the equine small intestine were investigated in eight ponies. Muscular activity was assessed by means of extramural strain gauge transducers, bi-polar electrodes and in three of the animals, fitted with Thiry-Vella loops, the transit of fluid. Circular muscle contractions were preceded by spiking superimposed on the slow wave and fluid transit in the loops correlated with both these events.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora / Q000502:physiology; D004285:Dogs / Q000502:physiology; D004435:Eating; D004576:Electromyography / Q000662:veterinary; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000502:physiology; D012756:Sheep / Q000502:physiology