Klein H J, Seedor G, Frankenfield D L, Thompson D D
Department of Laboratory Animal Resources, Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1991 Jun 1;198(11):1977-9.
A surgical method for obtaining transilial bone biopsy specimens in baboons that provides adequate amounts of trabecular and cortical bone for histomorphometric analysis was developed. Biopsy specimens were removed from a site on the craniodorsal portion of the ilium by use of an 8-mm trephine.