Sandstead H H, Strobel D A, Logan G M, Marks E O, Jacob R A
Am J Clin Nutr. 1978 May;31(5):844-9. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/31.5.844.
Zinc deprivation from day 110 to 150 of gestation in rhesus monkeys resulted in rash, alopecia, anorexia, decreased feed efficiency, and low plasma zinc in the mothers. Infants of the dams that had been deprived of zinc during gestation displayed a more rapid postnatal growth rate than infants of the control mothers. Infants of the zinc-deprived dams played and explored less than the control infants. They also associated with their mothers a greater percentage of the time and were less active. This study has shown that third trimester maternal zinc deprivation in nonhuman primates can impair behavioral development of offspring.
在恒河猴孕期的第110天至150天剥夺锌元素，导致母猴出现皮疹、脱发、厌食、饲料效率降低以及血浆锌含量低的情况。孕期被剥夺锌元素的母猴所生的幼崽，其出生后的生长速度比对照组母猴所生的幼崽更快。锌缺乏母猴所生的幼崽玩耍和探索的次数比对照组幼崽少。它们与母亲相处的时间比例也更高，且活动较少。这项研究表明，非人灵长类动物孕期晚期母体锌缺乏会损害后代的行为发育。
