The Schirmer tear test in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta).
A clinical case of keratoconjunctivitis sicca prompted a study to determine normal values for the Schirmer tear test in rhesus monkeys. Normal values for rhesus monkeys were calculated to be 6 to 24 mm wetting/minute (mean = 15.1) and it was determined that neither sex nor ketamine had a statistically significant effect on these values.
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D005260:Female; D007637:Keratoconjunctivitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D008251:Macaca; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012016:Reference Values; D013666:Tears / Q000378:metabolism