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Subcutaneous thermal sensor microchip validation in vervet monkeys ( Chlorocebus pygerythrus ) during normothermic and hypothermic situations
Author(s) -
NavarroSerra Ana,
SanzCabañes Héctor
Publication year - 2019
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/jmp.12398
Subject(s) - rectal temperature , medicine , biomedical engineering , anesthesia
Background Internal temperature data are essential for clinical evaluation in veterinary medicine. During the last decade, new thermometry devices have been developed. Identification microchips with a temperature sensor offer double utility to clinicians by satisfying animal identification regulations and providing a non‐invasive method for temperature measurement. Methods During this study, 26 healthy vervet monkeys ( Chlorocebus pygerythrus ) were implanted with a subcutaneous temperature transponding microchip. For each monkey, internal temperature measurements from the microchip and from an anaesthetic monitor (rectal sensor) were recorded every 5 minutes during an anaesthetic procedure. Results In this study, there were 83 paired samples obtained under normothermic conditions and another 72 paired samples obtained under hypothermic conditions, with interclass correlation coefficients of 0.79 and 0.69, respectively, between the two temperature measurement approaches. Conclusion Measurements obtained using the examined microchip thermal sensor exhibited good and excellent correlation with rectal temperature measurements under hypothermic and normothermic conditions, respectively.