[Effects of dietary intake on biliary secretion in the rabbit]

Basal biliary secretion, biliary response to a prolonged period of feeding with or without bile into the intestine, and the choleretic efficacy of bile after total interruption of enterohepatic circulation of bile salts (EHC of BS) have been investigated in the rabbit. The bile flow increase after intake of food only when bile was returned into the intestine. The bile flow, bile salt concentration and bile salt output dropped after the EHC of BS was interrupted, in spite of feeding conditions; when bile was reinfused, all the parameters returned to the previous levels.