Obstructive gastric foreign body in a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta).
Weight loss and depression were the principal signs in a case of obstructive gastric foreign body resulting from the ingestion of pine wood fragments by a rhesus monkey. This was the second case of its kind to occur in a short period. Replacement of the monkeys' pine wood resting platforms with platforms made of oak eliminated the problem.
D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000882:Haplorhini; D008251:Macaca; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology; D014934:Wood