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				<p> An effect of the exposure to chloramphenicol (CAP) at doses used therapeutically was studied in pigs at the age of slaughter. Pigs were treated with CAP intramuscularly (20 mg/kg b.w. two times every 24 hours). Histomorphometrical and immunohistochemical analyses of small intestine and liver were done. CAP increased the thickness of myenteron and submucosa, and the length of villi; decreased the depth of crypts in the duodenum and jejunum. CAP influenced the Auerbach plexus. A decrease in cell proliferation, an increase in the number of apoptotic cells and T lymphocytes in the CAP-treated pigs were observed. CAP induces hepatotoxicity, neurotoxicity and disturbed intestinal epithelium. It can be concluded that short exposure of pigs to CAP at doses used therapeutically results in disturbed digestion and absorption process in the intestine.</p>
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An effect of the exposure to chloramphenicol (CAP) at doses used therapeutically was studied in pigs at the age of slaughter. Pigs were treated with CAP intramuscularly (20 mg/kg b.w. two times every 24 hours). Histomorphometrical and immunohistochemical analyses of small intestine and liver were done. CAP increased the thickness of myenteron and submucosa, and the length of villi; decreased the depth of crypts in the duodenum and jejunum. CAP influenced the Auerbach plexus. A decrease in cell proliferation, an increase in the number of apoptotic cells and T lymphocytes in the CAP-treated pigs were observed. CAP induces hepatotoxicity, neurotoxicity and disturbed intestinal epithelium. It can be concluded that short exposure of pigs to CAP at doses used therapeutically results in disturbed digestion and absorption process in the intestine.

Chloramphenicol-Induced Alterations in the Liver and Small Intestine Epithelium in Pigs

Annals of Animal Science

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An effect of the exposure to chloramphenicol (CAP) at doses used therapeutically was studied in pigs at the age of slaughter. Pigs were treated with CAP...

Chloramphenicol-Induced Alterations in the Liver and Small Intestine Epithelium in Pigs

Article Category: The Biology, Physiology, Reproduction, and Health

Publicado en línea: 11 may 2018

Páginas: 429 - 440

Recibido: 01 oct 2017

Aceptado: 05 ene 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2018-0001

Palabras clave
chloramphenicol, food-producing animals, intestinal epithelium, liver, pigs

© by Renata Klebaniuk

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Chloramphenicol-Induced Alterations in the Liver and Small Intestine Epithelium in Pigs

Article Category: The Biology, Physiology, Reproduction, and Health

Publicado en línea: 11 may 2018

Páginas: 429 - 440

Recibido: 01 oct 2017

Aceptado: 05 ene 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2018-0001

Palabras clavechloramphenicol, food-producing animals, intestinal epithelium, liver, pigs

© by Renata Klebaniuk

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
chloramphenicol, food-producing animals, intestinal epithelium, liver, pigs