Management time: who's got the monkey?

The influence of environmental parameters on the abundance of monkey goby, Neogobius pallasi (Berg, 1916), in Kaboodval and Shirabad Streams, Golestan Province, Iran

The aim of this study was to determine the influence of environmental parameters onthe abundance of monkey goby Neogobius pallasi. A total of 526 and 163 individuals ofmonkey goby specimens were caught by electro-shocker in the Kaboodval and Shirabad Streams, respectively. The ranges of total length of the specimens in Kaboodval and Shirabad Streams were respectively 22-137.55 mm and 32.64-137....

International comparison of species of monkey used for the neurovirulence test for oral poliomyelitis vaccine

Who's Got Rhythm?

Language is a brilliant invention of the mind. Normal language acquisition in humans is characterized by spectacularly quick, effortless, uninstructed learning, and leads to universal linguistic competence. Remarkably, no other species has evolved as sophisticated a system of combinatorial symbolic communication. Just as echolocation allows bats and dolphins to orient themselves and locate othe...

Yersinia enterocolitica Infection in a Vervet Monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) in Iran

  A vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) housed at quarantine of Razi vaccine and serum research institute died following a few days of sickness. Multiple abscesses on the surface and inside the liver and enlargement of spleen with pinpoint white spot were the most prominent macroscopic features. We examined the organs of the dead monkey and Yersinia enterocolitica was isolated. In histopatho...

Myocardial Infarction in a Rhesus Monkey

Myocardial necrosis can be result from a number of causes including nutritional deficiencies, chemical and plant toxins, ischemia and metabolic disorder. The outcome of myocardial necrosis varies depending on the extent of the damage (Donald 2001, Jubb 1993, Radostits 1994, Vanvaleet 1986). Myocardial infarction without demonstrable of atherosclerosis were reported in a rhesus macaque (Gonder 1...