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 histopatholo...

  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...

BACKGROUND Tools for authenticating cell lines are critical for quality control in cell-based biological experiments. Currently there are methods to authenticate human cell lines using short tandem repeat (STR) markers based on the technology and procedures successfully used in the forensic community for human identification, but there are no STR based methods for authenticating nonhuman cell l...

Primates are frequently used today in dental research and in South Africa the primate most commonly used is the vervet monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythus). This paper describes the normal histology of the soft palate in this animal based on a preliminary study towards the possible use of the vervet monkey in cleft palate research. Materials and methods Twenty-five soft palates from adult vervet m...

The vervet monkey is an important nonhuman primate model that allows the study of isolated environmental factors in a controlled environment. Analysis of monkey MRI often suffers from lower quality images compared with human MRI because clinical equipment is typically used to image the smaller monkey brain and higher spatial resolution is required. This, together with the anatomical differences...

Developing teeth in the Vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) were examined at various pre-eruptive stages. A longitudinal arrangement o f periodontal fibres was seen grouped alongside the hone and cementum and parallel to them. These fibres later ex­ tended coronally, passing around the reduced enamel epithelium. It was difficult to compare this study to other species as there were difference...

In Kenya, Leishmania major is responsible for human cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Natural infection with L. major of a vervet monkey and experimental susceptibility of some nonhuman primates (NHPs) from Kenya has been established. However, there has been no comprehensive study of the prevalence of zoonotic CL in Kenya. And also, no investigation has been done to assess whether NHPs could be pot...

Abstract Generally, urbanisation affects biodiversity negatively; however, some species thrive in urban areas. One mammalian thriving the forest mosaic landscape is vervet monkey ( Chlorocebus pygerythrus ), particularly Durban, eThekwini Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Vervet monkeys’ spatial use can provide important ecological information to understand their behavioural p...

Rhesus and vervet monkeys respond differently to treatment with 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine hydrochloride neurotoxin (MPTP). Both species develop akinesia, rigidity, and severe postural instability. However, rhesus monkeys only develop infrequent, short episodes of high-frequency tremor, whereas vervet monkeys have many prolonged episodes of low-frequency tremor. After MPTP tre...