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Gastrin levels and gastric emptying times in rhesus monkeys with a history of acute gastric dilatation
Author(s) -
Fanton John W.,
Cosgrove Donald J.,
Golden John G.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1995.tb00177.x
Subject(s) - gastric emptying , medicine , gastroenterology , gastrin , stomach , motility , endocrinology , biology , secretion , genetics
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.