Flexible fiberoptic proctoscopy compared with fecal examination techniques for diagnosis of Prosthenorchis infection in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus).
Using flexible fiberoptic proctoscopy, diagnosis of Prosthenorchis infection in 17 squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) was correct 100% of the time. Fecal examination by formalin-ether sedimentation and sodium nitrate flotation were 68% and 10% diagnostically correct, respectively.
D000049:Acanthocephala; D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D011351:Proctoscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D012453:Saimiri