INTESTINAL AND SPLENIC CHANGES IN ACUTE AND PROTRACTED NEUROTOXIN SHOCK IN RATS

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Fourty intestine and spleen of rats were examined microscopica lly following acute and protracted neurotoxin shock. In acute phase congestion and oedema were prominent, while in protta cted phase, cellular reaction in the villus cores with marked increase of connective tissue was observed. Increase in the number of megakaryocytes and lymphocytic population in the spleen belonging to prolonged shock were noticed.