Southwest National Primate Research Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Independent Consultant, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
J Med Primatol. 2021 Jun;50(3):164-175. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12525. Epub 2021 Apr 28.
A survey was developed to characterize disease incidence, common pathology lesions, environmental characteristics, and nutrition programs within captive research marmoset colonies.
Seventeen research facilities completed the electronic survey.
Nutritional management programs varied amongst research institutions housing marmosets; eight primary base diets were reported. The most common clinical syndromes reported were gastrointestinal disease (i.e. inflammatory bowel disease like disease, chronic lymphocytic enteritis, chronic malabsorption, chronic diarrhea), metabolic bone disease or fracture, infectious diarrhea, and oral disease (tooth root abscesses, gingivitis, tooth root resorption). The five most common pathology morphologic diagnoses were colitis, nephropathy/nephritis, enteritis, chronic lymphoplasmacytic enteritis, and cholecystitis. Obesity was more common (average 20% of a reporting institution's population) than thin body condition (average 5%).
Through review of current practices, we aim to inspire development of evidence-based practices to standardize husbandry and nutrition practices for marmoset research colonies.
为了描述圈养研究狨猴群体中的疾病发生率、常见病理学病变、环境特征和营养计划,我们设计了一项调查。
17 家研究机构完成了这项电子调查。
饲养狨猴的研究机构之间的营养管理方案存在差异;报告了 8 种主要基础饮食。报告的最常见临床综合征是胃肠道疾病(如炎症性肠病样疾病、慢性淋巴细胞性肠炎、慢性吸收不良、慢性腹泻)、代谢性骨病或骨折、传染性腹泻和口腔疾病(牙根脓肿、牙龈炎、牙根吸收)。最常见的五种病理学形态学诊断是结肠炎、肾病/肾炎、肠炎、慢性淋巴浆细胞性肠炎和胆囊炎。肥胖(平均占报告机构人群的 20%)比消瘦(平均占 5%)更为常见。
通过审查当前的实践,我们旨在激发制定循证实践的灵感,以规范狨猴研究群体的饲养和营养实践。