A ferret model of acute multifocal gastrointestinal infarction

Based on the demonstration of mural granulomatous vasculitis in Crohn's disease, it was hypothesized that this vasculitis may account for the discontinuous pattern of lesions in this condition. Accordingly, the present study investigated the histological changes produced by interruption of the submucosal and mucosal microcirculation in the ferret midgut. Two techniques were used. First, up to 30 adjacent vasa recta were ligated using...