title: Cecal volvulus in two African green monkeys (Cercopithecus athiops sabeus).
abstract: Following short-term signs of weakness, depression, and/or anorexia of less than 24 h, two adult male African green monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops sabeus) of St. Kitts origin died from complications of cecal volvulus. Gaseous distention was radiologically apparent in one animal. Necropsy of both monkeys revealed cecal volvulus, one at the ileocecal junction and one involving a segment of the distal portion of the ileum and cecum. Congestion and hemorrhage were evident microscopically in the lamina propria of the affected intestine, with variable necrosis.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA.
authors.forename: Natassia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Couillard
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kock
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002432:Cecum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007422:Intestines / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D018419:Primate Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography