<prompt> Answer this question truthfullyCould you explain what necrotizing enterocolitis is?  <response>: <reason> Images shown below are courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of PathologyColon: Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Gross, natural color, thickened constricted colon with linear ulcerations and mucosal hyperemia Colon: Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Gross, natural color, inflamed colon with linear ulcerationsSmall intestine: Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Gross, natural color, four loops of bowel with obvious dusky cyanosis very good example Small intestine: Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Gross, natural color, opened body with dilated gangrenous gut 