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Table 3 Histological scoring of biopsies

From: Establishment of a model for equine small intestinal disease: effects of extracorporeal blood perfusion of equine ileum on metabolic variables and histological morphology – an experimental ex vivo study

 

Perfused samples of submucosal plexus

Control samples of submucosal plexus

Ileum

normal

degenerate

% normal

% degenerate

normal

degenerate

% normal

% degenerate

1

185

1

99.5

0.5

146

0

100

0

2

75

1

98.7

1.3

36

0

100

0

3

68

0

100

0

47

2

95.9

4.1

4

106

0

100

0

26

1

96.3

3.7

5

27

0

100

0

21

0

100

0

6

83

0

100

0

32

0

100

0

7

63

0

100

0

22

0

100

0

8

59

0

100

0

92

0

100

0

9

25

2

92.6

7.4

31

0

100

0

 

Perfused samples of myenteric plexus

Control samples of myenteric plexus

 

normal

degenerate

% normal

% degenerate

normal

degenerate

% normal

% degenerate

1

11

3

78.6

21.4

23

3

88.5

11.5

2

39

16

70.9

29.1

25

7

78.1

21.9

3

19

4

82.6

17.4

7

1

87.5

12.5

4

20

16

55.6

44.4

27

12

69.2

30.8

5

18

0

100

0

26

1

96.3

3.7

6

43

8

84.3

15.7

2

2

50

50

7

5

0

100

0

20

7

74.1

25.9

8

14

2

87.5

12.5

13

5

72.2

27.8

9

3

9

25

75

39

5

88.6

11.4

  1. Neuron counts and percentages of normal and degenerate neurons in the submucosal plexus and myenteric plexus of post perfusion biopsies and control biopsies (taken fresh, before transport and perfusion) per section; each of the 9 ilei is listed. There were no significant differences in percentages of normal and degenerate neurons between perfused samples and control samples