Prevalence of cholelithiasis in lion tamarins (Leontopithecus spp.) kept under human care by using abdominal ultrasound.
Daniel Angelo FelippiPaolla Nicole FrancoShayra Peruch BonatelliJeana Pereira da SilvaVictor Yunes GuimarãesMaria Rosa Santos BredaRafael PaganiBruna Dos SantosRegina Kiomi TakahiraSheila Canevese RahalMaria Jaqueline MamprimPublished in: Journal of medical primatology (2022)
Asymptomatic cholelithiasis is frequent in lion tamarins kept under human care. Therefore, systematic monitoring through ultrasound should be part of the preventive care of these animals.