Comparison of rectal and infrared thermometry for obtaining body temperature in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis)

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 381-384

  Sikoski, Paul ^a   Banks, M L ^a   Gould, R ^a   Young, R W ^a   Wallace, J M ^a,b   Nader, M A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynomolgus macaques; Infrared thermometry; Non human primates

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACE; FEMALE; INFRARED THERMOMETER; INFRARED THERMOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL THERMOMETER; RECTAL THERMOMETRY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SHOULDER; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETRY; VALIDITY;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; INFRARED RAYS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTUM; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS;

MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 35748953782     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: 16000684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2007.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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