Article
Familial aggregation of chronic diarrhea disease (CDD) in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).
American journal of primatology - 1 Mar 2014
Kanthaswamy Sree, Elfenbein Hanie A, Ardeshir Amir, Ng Jillian, Hyde Dallas, Smith David Glenn, Lerche Nicholas
Abstract excerpt
Chronic diarrheal disease (CDD) is a critical problem for breeders of captive rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), as it results in significant levels of morbidity and death annually. As with other inflammatory disorders, CDD is thought to be caused by environmental and/or genetic factors. Although correspondence between the characters defined as Mendelian by pedigree or segregation analysis and functional genes is...
Topics
- Animals
- Breeding
- California
- Chronic Disease
- Diarrhea
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Macaca mulatta
- Male
- Monkey Diseases
- Pedigree
