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Umbilical cord hypercoiling in two rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta )
Author(s) -
Sarfaty Anna E.,
Zeiss Caroline J.,
Yekkala Krishna,
Wilson Steven R.
Publication year - 2020
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/jmp.12457
Subject(s) - rhesus macaque , umbilical cord , macaque , fetus , fetal death , gestation , physiology , nonhuman primate , biology , medicine , anatomy , pregnancy , immunology , neuroscience , genetics , evolutionary biology
Obstruction of umbilical blood flow is a common cause of death in fetal nonhuman primates, but cord accidents have not been reported in the macaque. We describe two cases of cord accident in rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta ) resulting in fetal death at approximately 110 and 50 days of gestation, respectively.

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