Development of renal function tests for measurement of urine concentrating ability, urine acidification, and glomerular filtration rate in female cynomolgus monkeys.

This study was conducted to develop tests for evaluation of uri ne concentratingability, urine acidification ability, an dglomerular filtration rate in cynomolgus macaques. In female cynomolgus macaques, baseline urine specific gravity ranged from 1.005 to 1.

Gastroesophageal Intussusception Associated with Pneumonectomy in a Dog.

Gastroesophageal intussusception is a rare condition in dogs. We report a gastroesophageal intussusception in an adult dog which had been subjected to unilateral pneumonectomy as a pup. One year after the surgery, computerized tomography scans indicated megaesophagus in the caudal third of the thorax.