title: Gastrin levels and gastric emptying times in rhesus monkeys with a history of acute gastric dilatation.
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.
authors: Veterinary Sciences Division, AL/OEV, Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks AFB, TX, USA.
authors: J W
authors: JW
authors: Fanton
authors: D J
authors: DJ
authors: Cosgrove
authors: J G
authors: JG
authors: Golden
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D013271:Gastric Dilatation / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood*; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D018419:Primate Diseases; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D005755:Gastrins