Andrade Márcia Cristina Ribeiro, Ribeiro Carlos Torres, Silva Virgílio Ferreira da, Molinaro Etelcia Moraes, Gonçalves Miguel Angelo Brück, Marques Marcos Antônio Pereira, Cabello Pedro Hernan, Leite José Paulo Gagliardi
Centro de Criação de Animais de Laboratório, Departamento de Primatologia-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2004 Oct;99(6):581-9. Epub 2004 Nov 18.
Physiological parameters of laboratory animals used for biomedical research is crucial for following several experimental procedures. With the intent to establish baseline biologic parameters for non-human primates held in closed colonies, hematological and morphometric data of captive monkeys were determined. Data of clinically healthy rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis), and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) were collected over a period of five years. Animals were separated according to sex and divided into five age groups. Hematological data were compared with those in the literature by Student's t test. Discrepancies with significance levels of 0.1, 1 or 5% were found in the hematological studies. Growth curves showed that the sexual dimorphism of rhesus monkeys appeared at an age of four years. In earlier ages, the differences between sexes could not be distinguished (p < 0.05). Sexual dimorphism in both squirrel monkeys and cynomolgus monkeys occurred at an age of about 32 months. Data presented in this paper could be useful for comparative studies using primates under similar conditions.
用于生物医学研究的实验动物的生理参数对于遵循多种实验程序至关重要。为了建立封闭群落中圈养非人灵长类动物的基线生物学参数,测定了圈养猴子的血液学和形态学数据。在五年时间里收集了临床健康的恒河猴(猕猴)、食蟹猴和松鼠猴的数据。动物按性别分开,并分为五个年龄组。血液学数据通过学生t检验与文献中的数据进行比较。在血液学研究中发现了显著性水平为0.1%、1%或5%的差异。生长曲线表明,恒河猴的性二态性出现在四岁时。在更早的年龄,性别差异无法区分(p<0.05)。松鼠猴和食蟹猴的性二态性都出现在大约32个月大时。本文提供的数据可能对在类似条件下使用灵长类动物的比较研究有用。