Ex vivo validation of colonoscopy-guided colon biopsy in dromedary camels
Ghaliah Al-Shehab, Abdulaziz H. Almuhanna · 2025
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Description
Ghaliah Al-Shehab and Abdulaziz Almuhanna validate in a 2025 study a gentler way to sample a camel's colon: through a scope, in the living animal, rather than after death. Camel gut disease is hard to read from outside, and tissue tells the truth. They practiced on intestines collected from an abattoir, taking eight biopsies with a scope and a blunt punch.
The scope gave a clear view and quick, easy sampling with no full perforation. Slices showed the mucosal and submucosal layers well enough for real assessment. Scope-guided biopsy, they conclude, is ready to try in live camels.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ghaliah Al-Shehab, Abdulaziz H. Almuhanna |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |