Leleu, Julie Simon, Maxime Cavalcanti Pereira da Silva, Luiz Cesar Virgilio, Tommaso De la Garza, Melissa A. Bakker, Jaco 2024 Rectal prolapse is a common condition in laboratory-housed macaques, usually associated with recurrent gastroenteritis and stress. However, evidence for both statements is lacking. Therefore, the prevalence of rectal prolapses and their risk factors in laboratory-housed macaques have yet to be assessed. In addition, a standard of care pharmacological treatment remains to be recognized and documented. Thus, a retrospective study involving 816 laboratory-housed macaques was conducted, in which the prevalence, risk factors, and treatment success of rectal prolapses was assessed. The prevalence was shown to be 3.92%, and all cases could be either directly or indirectly linked to stress factors. By eliminating the suggested stressor, most rectal prolapses reverted naturally (69%). Moreover, we discuss the advantage of the ancillary administration of hyoscine butylbromide and metamizole as a treatment modality. application/pdf https://susi.usi.ch/global/documents/332084 https://n2t.net/ark:/12658/srd1332084 https://susi.usi.ch/documents/332084/files/Virgilio_2024_MDPI_laboratories_Rectal prolapse.pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/laboratories1030012 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/ark/12658/srd1332084 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC BY Laboratories. - 2024, vol. 1, no. 3, p. 148-157 Rectal prolapse Macaques Treatment Manual reposition Metamizole Hyoscine butylbromide Prevalence Stress Etiology Risk factor info:eu-repo/classification/udc/61 Rectal prolapse in laboratory-housed macaques : prevalence, risk factors, and enhanced treatment modality http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501