In consistency, gross parenchymal changes in the kidney, reflected by reduced kidney to body weight ratios, were evidently observed 28 days after folic acid injection.
From January 1995 to December 2002, all stool samples submitted to two hospital laboratories serving the Brugmann, Queen Fabiola, and Saint-Pierre University Hospitals in Brussels, Belgium, were examined macroscopically for consistency, gross blood, and mucus and microscopically for parasites, leukocytes, and erythrocytes.
The gross specimen consisted of a well-circumscribed, lobulated, gray brown mass with gelatinous consistency.
Disease activity index (DAI) was determined by combined scores of body weight loss, stool consistency and gross bleeding.
Body weight, stool consistency and gross bleeding were monitored daily as described by Ganta et al.[ 31].
Comparing the obtained results from our calculation with data extracted from literature, a good consistency for the gross power production and full load hours was reached.
The volume and gross appearance i.e., consistency, presence of blood and the color of CSF were noted.
Body weight, occult or gross blood lost per rectum, and stool consistency were determined daily.
Body weight, stool consistency, presence of occult or gross blood in feces by guaiac test (Hemoccult Sensa, Beckman Coulter, Fullerson, CA) were assessed daily for each animal in DSS colitis and clinical scoring done as per Cooper et al [14].
