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Abdominal ultrasonography of the normal St. Kitts vervet monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus)
J T Amory1, W M du Plessis, W M Du Plessis
1Department of Clinical Studies, Section of Radiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. jamory@vet.upenn.edu
Background:
Normal ultrasonography of non-reproductive abdominal and male reproductive anatomy in the vervet monkey were prospectively assessed. This has not been previously reported.
Methods:
Ten non-sexually active male and 10 non-gravid female clinically healthy vervet monkeys between 5 and 12 years of age and weighing between 3.13 and 6.85 kg were evaluated with ultrasound. Individuals were randomly divided by gender groups into one of two immobilization protocols and scanned at 18.0 MHz.
Results:
High-quality images of the liver, gallbladder, kidneys, urinary bladder, spleen, adrenal glands, gastrointestinal tract, and testes were acquired. The prostate was never visualized. Abdominal lymph nodes other than an ileocolic, the pancreas, and the female reproductive tract were not evaluated. Gastric and duodenal motility were significantly different between immobilization protocols (P<0.05).
Conclusions:
Abdominal sonographic anatomy was successfully characterized and normal size parameters for non-reproductive abdominal viscera and the testes were established.
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