1.   These findings agree with results reported by other researchers investigating fluid transport invivo.

2.   Serotonin, at the dose that accelerated ICJ transit, did not significantly alter colonic transit or ileal fluid transport.

3.   Net fluid transport was measured in denervated jejunal segments of rats infected with larvae of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis.

4.   The inflammatory response influenced intestinal fluid transport partly via activation of the enteric nervous system.

5.   This study was designed to investigate further the relationship between inflammation and fluid transport in the small intestine of the rat.

6.   Fluid transport was measured in vivo in rats before and after expulsion of the parasite and the possible involvement of ENS in the response was tested pharmacologically.

7.   Net fluid transport was measured in two ways.