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Serum and urine biochemical diversity among adult wild‐caught Aotus nancymae and Saimiri peruviensis
Author(s) -
Weller Richard E.,
Buschbom Raymond L.,
Málaga Carlos A,
Kimsey Barbara B.,
Ragan Harvey A.
Publication year - 1996
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.1600-0684.1996.tb00192.x
Subject(s) - zoology , biology , squirrel monkey , urine , physiology , cebidae , ecology , endocrinology
Serum and urine analytes were compared between adult wild‐caught owl monkeys ( Aotus nancymae ) and adult wild‐caught squirrel monkeys ( Saimiri peruviensis ) to determine if normative clinical pathology data were similar. An objective of the study was to confirm that species of neotropical primates are distinct with regard to physiologic parameters, and should not be considered interchangeable in biomedical research. Significant differences ( P < 0.05) were noted in many serum and urine analytes between the two groups. The results suggest that reference data for wild‐caught owl monkeys are not applicable to squirrel monkeys, and the differences are sufficiently large to be of clinical significance. These findings illuminate the diversity among species of neotropical primates.