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小動物の消化管疾患における治療薬の現状とこれから 佐藤晃一 THE PRESENT AND FUTURE CONDITIONS OF DRUGS PROMOTING GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION IN SMALL ANIMALS Koichi Sato Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan In the small animal therapy, the disorder of digestive organ is the one of the most popular disease. These disorders are caused by the infection of microorganisms, virus or parasites, the poisonings, the intestinal tumor, the stress-induced disease, the allergic disease. In some cases of these diseases, the degree of disease is serious and they need emergent care. In another cases, they just need only a resting cure. The diversity of these diseases is due to not only the etiology but also the complexity of digestive organs. The digestive system is composed by many types of organs; esophagus, stomach, intestine, and also include liver, gallbladder and pancreas. All of these organs have different types of structure and function, so the disorder of digestive organs is diverse. The secretion of many types of digestive juice and the permeability of mucosa for digesting foods and absorbing the digestive foods are regulated in both of small intestine and large intestine. The motility of these organs are also regulated to move the food through the tract, and to eliminate the wastes left over by the contraction and relaxation of intestinal smooth muscle, called peristalsis. The motility of these intestines is also important for regulating the circu