Fucci V, Pechman R D, Hedlund C S, Venugopalan C S
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803, USA.
J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 1995 Nov-Dec;31(6):473-7. doi: 10.5326/15473317-31-6-473.
Seven normal, young adult, female cats each had its colon evacuated with warm-water enemas (at 24 hours, 12 hours, and one hour) before oral administration of a gelatin capsule containing 20 radiopaque markers to determine normal colonic transit times. Abdominal radiographs were taken twice daily until all markers were expelled. There were no significant differences between animals or trials (p = 0.05 or less). Markers accumulated in the first section of large bowel within eight hours. Evacuation from the colon took another 40 hours. Cecum (right side midline), left side midline, and rectum were defined radiographically. This study establishes large bowel transit times in normal cats and provides the basis for similar evaluation in constipated cats.
七只正常的年轻成年雌性猫，在口服含有20个不透X线标记物的明胶胶囊之前，分别在24小时、12小时和1小时用温水灌肠排空结肠，以确定正常的结肠转运时间。每天拍摄两次腹部X光片，直到所有标记物排出。动物之间或试验之间没有显著差异（p = 0.05或更低）。标记物在八小时内积聚在大肠的第一部分。从结肠排出又需要40小时。通过X光片确定盲肠（右侧中线）、左侧中线和直肠的位置。本研究确定了正常猫的大肠转运时间，并为便秘猫的类似评估提供了基础。
