While these foods are convenient for us because there is a smaller
amount of fecal material to be picked up, they are unhealthy for pets.
In direct observation a smear is
made of some fecal material on a microscope slide and the slide is analyzed by one of our nurses for parasite eggs.
It is a result of increased speed of passage
of fecal material through the intestine combined with decreased absorption of water, nutrients and electrolytes.
Diarrhea is the result of increased speed of
passage of fecal material through the intestine, combined with decreased absorption of water, nutrients and electrolytes.
However, in most cases if a dog has watery diarrhea (i.e. there is mostly water and just a small amount
of fecal material in the stool) it should be considered a medical emergency.
In this study, the authors used genetic
analysis of fecal material collected in their summer range in the Salish Sea in the Pacific Northwest, to estimate the diet composition of an endangered population of wild killer whales.
Standard computed tomography (CT) isn't commonly recommended for imaging assessment of the large bowel, because if the bowel isn't evaluated while empty, the
presence of fecal material can seriously limit the ability to identify and accurately describe mass lesions.
Smaller caged birds (finches, canaries, parakeets) tend to have an individual
blob of fecal material with an accompanying amount of urate.
The lower court said no, finding that «every human being has personal experience and
observations of fecal material and I think that, as a result, every human being who is of competent mind can offer a lay opinion as to whether a substance is feces or not.
Because they typically spread from person to person through the
ingestion of fecal material, epidemics in which the same strain spreads over a large area are rare.