title: Abdominal ultrasonography of the normal St. Kitts vervet monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Normal ultrasonography of non-reproductive abdominal and male reproductive anatomy in the vervet monkey were prospectively assessed. This has not been previously reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten non-sexually active male and 10 non-gravid female clinically healthy vervet monkeys between 5 and 12 years of age and weighing between 3.13 and 6.85 kg were evaluated with ultrasound. Individuals were randomly divided by gender groups into one of two immobilization protocols and scanned at 18.0 MHz.
  
  
  RESULTS
  High-quality images of the liver, gallbladder, kidneys, urinary bladder, spleen, adrenal glands, gastrointestinal tract, and testes were acquired. The prostate was never visualized. Abdominal lymph nodes other than an ileocolic, the pancreas, and the female reproductive tract were not evaluated. Gastric and duodenal motility were significantly different between immobilization protocols (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Abdominal sonographic anatomy was successfully characterized and normal size parameters for non-reproductive abdominal viscera and the testes were established.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Studies, Section of Radiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. jamory@vet.upenn.edu
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Amory
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: du Plessis
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Du Plessis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beierschmitt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beeler-Marfisi
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Palmour
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beths
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000818:Animals; D016663:Cercopithecinae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*