If you've ever wondered what, exactly, sausage cases are made of, and more importantly, if they are edible, we have the ...

Eating undercooked meat is never a good idea—it can give you a nasty case of food poisoning within 24 hours. And there are ...

The webinar Innovative cutting-edge technologies to care for piglets, hosted by Pig Progress is available on demand.

Short bowel syndrome is an extremely rare disease of the intestines. Only about 10,000 to 20,000 people in the U.S. have it, including adults and children. Here’s what you should know.

Lifestyle factors may also help. Crohn’s disease involves inflammation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, affecting the deepest layers of the intestinal walls. Developing ulcers, which are open ...

5. Fennel Seeds Fennel seeds are known for relieving intestinal gas. A safe amount is around 1 teaspoon. Try chewing the seeds to see if that helps. There are some concerns regarding the safety of ...

The stomach's mixing motion, along with the acid and the breakdown of protein by the pepsin, turns the bolus into a liquid substance called chyme, which is then slowly released into the small ...

Pig Heart Transplant To Human: Genetically modified pigs with human-compatible organs offer a potential solution to the organ shortage crisis, with ongoing research focusing on modifying pig organs to ...

Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans. But substantial ethical questions remain. Genetically modified ...

Therefore, more longitudinal studies focusing on the effect of age are needed. With the growing research on the intestinal microbiota of pigs, scientists have gained a profound and comprehensive ...

In the woman’s case, the endoscopy showed “the presence of live nematodes [worms] in the descending portion of the patient’s duodenum,” which is the beginning of the small intestine.

A wild boar killed above the tree line in north-central Saskatchewan is evidence feral pigs continue migrating across the Prairies and into the Boreal forest, says a professor who has studied the ...