STRESS-INDUCED GASTRIC-ULCERS IN VERVET MONKEYS (CERCOPITHECUS-AETHIOPS) - THE INFLUENCE OF LIFE-HISTORY FACTORS .2.

Authors
TARARA EB TARARA RP SULEMAN MA
Citation
Eb. Tarara et al., STRESS-INDUCED GASTRIC-ULCERS IN VERVET MONKEYS (CERCOPITHECUS-AETHIOPS) - THE INFLUENCE OF LIFE-HISTORY FACTORS .2., Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine, 26(1), 1995, pp. 72-75
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
10427260
Volume
26
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
72 - 75
Database
ISI
SICI code
1042-7260(1995)26:1<72:SGIVM(>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
In a retrospective study of 260 spontaneous deaths of vervet monkeys ( Cercopithecus aethiops), gastric ulcers were diagnosed at necropsy in 32% of all cases over a 71/2-yr period. Gastric ulcers were found to b e significantly associated with solitary housing conditions and animal s with ulcers tended to have a history of diarrhea. The conclusions ar e that the monkeys were stressed and exhibited a conservation-withdraw al response resulting in gastric ulcers in association with adrenal co rtical changes.