Comparative efficacy of a canine distemper-measles and a standard measles vaccine for immunization of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).

Measles virus (MV), a highly infective paramyxovirus, has caused sporadic epizootics characterized by high morbidity and increased mortality in nonhuman primates. Measles vaccines for human use, although effective, are cost prohibitive for use in primate colonies. We compared the efficacy of one or two doses of Vanguard D-M, a canine distemper-measles (CD-M) vaccine, with a single dose of Attenuvax, a human measles vaccine.

Anesthetic management in feline renal transplantation.

Objective: To document perioperative and anesthetic management of 30 feline renal transplant recipients (1996-1998).

Study Design: Retrospective clinical study.

Animals: Thirty adult cats in end-stage renal failure that underwent heterotopic renal transplantation.

The Use of a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrotomy (PEG) Tube To Reverse Fatal Fasting Syndrome in a Cynomolgus Macaque (Macaca fascicularis).

An aged, overweight, female cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis) was diagnosed preliminarily with fatal fasting syndrome based on a history of chronic anorexia, weight loss, hepatomegaly, elevated serum alkaline phosphatase, bilirubinuria, and diffuse increased hepatic echogenicity. Histopathologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of severe hepatic lipidosis. A percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy (PEG) tube was inserted after a month of orogastric tube feedings failed to stimulate normal appetite.