The objective of this study was to estimate colon-specific insulin delivery with chitosan capsules. In vitro drug release experiments from chitosan capsules containing 5(6)-carboxyfluorescein (CF) were carried out by the Japan Pharmacopoeia (J. P.) rotating basket method with some slight modifications. The intestinal absorption of insulin was evaluated by measuring the plasma insulin levels and its hypoglycemic effects after oral administration of the chitosan capsules containing insulin and additives. Little release of CF from the capsules was observed in liquid 1, an artificial gastric juice (pH 1), or in liquid 2, an artificial intestinal juice (pH 7). However, the release of CF was markedly increased in the presence of rat cecal contents. A marked absorption of insulin and a corresponding decrease in plasma glucose levels was observed following the oral administration of these capsules that contain 20 IU of insulin and sodium glycocholate (PA% = 3.49%), as compared with the capsules containing only lactose or only 20 IU of insulin (PA% = 1.62%). The hypoglycemic effect started from 8 h after the administration of chitosan capsules when the capsules entered the colon, as evaluated by the transit time experiments with chitosan capsules. These findings suggest that chitosan capsules may be useful carriers for the colon-specific delivery of peptides including insulin.
This study described the occurrence of clinical and subclinical forms of mastitis in 250
cattle from 5 dairy farms around the cities of Santa Rosa and Machala, El Oro Province,
Ecuador. Clinical mastitis (CM) was determined based on obvious changes in milk (mild),
signs of inflammation in the udder (moderate), and/or generalized clinical symptoms
(severe). Subclinical mastitis (SCM) was assessed using the California mastitis test. CM
and SCM were detected in 30 (12.0%) and 150 (60%) of the 250 tested cattle, respectively.
Prevalence at the udder quarter level was 57.7% (577/1,000), which was higher among
forequarters (369/577; 63.9%) than hindquarters. Of the 577 mastitic milk samples
subjected to microbiological analysis, 35 were excluded due to contamination and 20 tested
negative. Identification of bacterial isolates revealed that 33.3% of the 93 CM samples
contained coliforms, 25.8% coagulase-positive staphylococci, 20.4% coagulase-negative
staphylococci (CNS), 9.7% streptococci, 7.5% Bacillus spp., and 3.2%
Klebsiella spp. Bacterial profiling of the 429 SCM milk samples showed
that 55.4% contained CNS, 22.1% Bacillus spp., 9.3% streptococci, and
6.1% coagulase-positive staphylococci. In vitro antibiotic susceptibility
testing of the obtained isolates indicated that all were susceptible to amoxicillin,
ampicillin, cefotaxime, enrofloxacin, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, gentamicin, and
neomycin. No multidrug-resistant strains were observed.
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