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gavage forced feeding, either of animals or humans, by inserting a tube in the throat and using a force pump. See also: Food and Nutrition
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The injection route also provides distinct advantages over oral gavage because it avoids the potential confounds of differential rates of gastrointestinal absorption between compounds or ages and first-pass effects on bioavailability. One of these groups received the normal chow (no-treatment group), another received this chow containing 100 ppm monensin (monensin group), a third group received normal chow and DMSA administered by oral garage (DMSA group), and a final group received the chow containing monensin and DMSA delivered by oral gavage (monensin plus DMSA group). Gavage feeding reinforced the impression that he was not healthy, and "practice sucking" on a rubber nipple caused nipple confusion. |
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