Abstract
The pelvic flexure is the midpoint of the equine large colon that marks the junction of dorsal and ventral components. Previous studies of intraluminal pressure in this region indicate that it could be an important motility control center. The present study was undertaken to expand our knowledge of normal myoelectric activity around the pelvic flexure region. Eight bipolar silver wire electrodes were surgically fixed at 5-cm intervals to the colonic serosa of five adult horses, starting 30 cm oral to the pelvic flexure on the left ventral colon and ending 15 cm aboral to the pelvic flexure on the left dorsal colon (LDC). Recordings of myoelectric activity were done after feed had been withheld for 20 h or when the horses had been allowed to eat hay up to the time of the recording session. The activity was recorded on a polygraph, digitized, processed through a commercial graphics software package, and stored on magnetic tape for later analysis. Action potential activity was basically separated into long spike bursts (LSB) that were > or = 4 s duration and short spike bursts (SSB) that were < 4 s duration and quantified by a software program developed exclusively for the equine large intestine.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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