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Temperature‐metabolism relations in the cotton‐top tamarin ( Saguinus oedipus ) model for ulcerative colitis
Author(s) -
Stonerook M.J.,
Weiss H.S.,
RodriguezM M.A.,
RodríguezM J.V.,
HernándezC J.I.,
Peck O.C.,
Wood J.D.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1994.tb00090.x
Subject(s) - ulcerative colitis , thermoregulation , etiology , biology , metabolism , captivity , endocrinology , medicine , zoology , disease
Examination of temperature‐metabolism relations found no significant differences between thermoregulation of temperature housed laboratory cotton‐top tamarins ( Saguinus oedipus ) and wild tamarins in Colombia, S.A. The results indicate that tamarins do not acclimate to a temperate environment and are metabolically stressed at T a less than 32°C. This is consistent with an hypothesis of chronic metabolic stress as a factor in the etiology of cotton‐top tamarin colitis, which is restricted to captive populations and not found in wild tamarins.