Gastrin levels and gastric emptying times in rhesus monkeys with a history of acute gastric dilatation |
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Authors: | John W. Fanton Donald J. Cosgrove John G. Golden |
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Abstract: | Abstract: Abnormal gastric motility has been suggested as a possible causative factor for acute gastric dilatation observed in nonhuman primates. To evaluate gastric motility in a colony, fasting serum gastrin immunoreactivity and gastric emptying times were assessed in rhesus monkeys that had survived single episodes of acute gastric dilatation. These were paired with age- and weight-matched control monkeys from the same colony. Neither gastric emptying times nor gastrin assays were significantly different between the acute gastric dilatation and control groups. |
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Keywords: | macaque macaca bloat physiology overfeeding radiography |
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