Objective To investigate the effects of enteral feeding temperature on intestinal ischemia - reperfusion (I/R) injury in rats and explore its underlying mechanism. Methods A total of sixty male Sprague - Dawley (SD) rats were randomly assigned to six groups with normal control group, I/R group and enteral feeding temperature groups which include 10 ℃ group, 24℃ group, 32℃ group and 40℃ group. Rats with intestinal I/R injury were produced by clamping the superior mesenteric, intestinal mucosal injury index was counted grossly, pathologic...