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Feeding Test: Assessment of Feeding Preferences in Drosophila melanogaster
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2023
This video describes a feeding assay for fruit flies in which colored food is used to monitor feeding and the effect added compounds may have on feeding activity. The example protocol tests the effects of several endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC).
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High-fat Feeding Paradigm for Larval Zebrafish: Feeding, Live Imaging, and Quantification of Food Intake
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2016
Zebrafish are emerging as a valuable model of dietary lipid processing and metabolic disease. Described are protocols of lipid-rich larval feeds, live imaging of dietary fluorescent lipid analogs, and quantification of food intake. These techniques can be applied to a variety of screening, imaging, and hypothesis driven inquiry techniques.
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Tube Thoracostomy
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2023
Source: Rachel Liu, BAO, MBBCh, Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Tube thoracostomy (chest tube placement) is a procedure during which a hollow tube is inserted into the thoracic cavity for drainage of fluid or air. Emergency chest tube insertion is performed for definitive treatment of tension pneumothorax, traumatic hemothorax, large-volume pleural effusions, and empyemas. Irrespective of the cause of air and fluid accumulation in the pleural space, the...
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Functional Analysis of the Larval Feeding Circuit in Drosophila
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2013
The feeding circuit in Drosophila melanogaster larvae serves a simple yet powerful model that allows changes in feeding rate to be correlated with alterations in the stomatogastric neural circuitry. This circuit is composed of central serotonergic neurons that send projections to the mouth hooks as well as the foregut.
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Feeding of Ticks on Animals for Transmission and Xenodiagnosis in Lyme Disease Research
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2013
Lyme disease is the most commonly-reported vector-borne disease in North America. The causative agent, Borrelia burgdorferi is a spirochete bacterium transmitted by Ixodid ticks. Transmission and detection of infection in animal models is optimized by the use of tick feeding, which we describe here.
FAQs
Clinicians choose between nasal placement and access through the abdominal wall according to the patient’s condition and the expected duration of nutritional support. The tube may end in the stomach or small intestine, allowing care to be adapted when a particular gastrointestinal location is more appropriate for delivering nutrition, fluids, or medications.
A feeding tube delivers substances beyond the mouth and swallowing process, which is important when oral intake is unsafe or insufficient. Nutrition and fluids can still enter the gastrointestinal tract, where the body can use the digestive system rather than relying on impaired swallowing to initiate intake.
The same access can provide fluids and medications as well as nutritional support. This makes the tube useful when a patient cannot reliably obtain these necessities by mouth. Controlled delivery helps clinicians address hydration, energy needs, and medication access within one gastrointestinal route.
A nasal approach passes the tube through the nose toward the stomach or intestine, whereas an abdominal approach creates access through the abdominal wall to the stomach or small intestine. The choice reflects the patient’s condition and anticipated support duration, rather than representing two different digestive systems or nutritional goals.
Clinical use begins with selecting the access route and gastrointestinal destination, followed by placement through the nose or abdominal wall. Once positioned, the tube provides controlled delivery of nutrition, fluids, or medications. This approach allows support to continue when oral intake is limited by illness, surgery, critical care, or impaired swallowing.
Feeding tube support may be considered when neurological disorders, critical illness, surgery, or another condition limits oral intake. In these situations, the tube can help maintain hydration and energy balance while supporting recovery. It also helps reduce complications associated with inadequate nutrition when eating or drinking cannot meet the patient’s needs.