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Inflammation of the abdominal cavity in human fetuses resulting from a perforation of their intestine is likely to be caused by proteins contained in the fetal stool.
During routine clinical examinations, we detected abdominal distention in an inbred heterozygous (nu/+) female mouse (BALB/CAnN.Cg-Foxn1 nu /CrlNarl) that was used as a breeder in the animal colony.
Figure 1: A 6-month-old female Swiss albino mouse with an extremely distended abdomen. The mouse weighed 83 g, more than twice the average weight of similarly aged animals in the colony.
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