Experimental Infection of Squirrel Monkeys with Nipah Virus
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 We infected squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) with Nipah virus to determine the monkeys’ suitability for use as primate models in preclinical testing of preventive and therapeutic treatments.
Philippe Marianneau +10 more
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Transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac biomarkers in healthy captive male and female squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp.) [PDF]
BMC Veterinary Research, 2020 Background Echocardiography is the most frequently used non -invasive diagnostic tool to evaluate cardiac anatomy and function in domestic species but increasingly also in non -domestic species, especially since cardiac disease is being recognized as an ...
Laurent Locquet +6 more
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Prenatal disorders and congenital Zika syndrome in squirrel monkeys [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 During the Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in Brazil (2015–2016), the clinical manifestations associated with its infection were complex and included miscarriage and congenital malformations, not previously described.
Aline Amaral Imbeloni +16 more
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Perceptual Tuning Influences Rule Generalization: Testing Humans With Monkey-Tailored Stimuli
i-Perception, 2019 Comparative research investigating how nonhuman animals generalize patterns of auditory stimuli often uses sequences of human speech syllables and reports limited generalization abilities in animals.
Andrea Ravignani +2 more
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Effects of buprenorphine, methadone, and cariprazine on economic choice between remifentanil and food in squirrel monkeys [PDF]
Addiction Neuroscience, 2023 We recently reported an economic choice task in which squirrel monkeys chose between differing amounts of remifentanil, a fast-acting opioid, or a food reward to develop a preclinical screen for evaluating potential pharmacotherapies for opioid ...
Alishan S. Amirali +9 more
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Comprehensive Surgical Management of Massive Oesophageal Hiatal Hernia in Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and ScienceBackground Literature remains scant regarding the subset termed ‘massive hiatal hernias’. This case report delineates the surgical management and subsequent outcomes of two squirrel monkeys diagnosed with massive hiatal hernias.
Siyuan Li +4 more
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Using Social Network Analysis to Assess ‘Groupness’ in a Mixed-Species Zoo Exhibit of Tufted Capuchins (Sapajus apella) and Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) [PDF]
AnimalsMixed-species groups have been recorded in various primates, including tufted capuchin and squirrel monkeys. Measures of their ‘groupness’ are typically based on factors such as group stability, social interactions, proximity, or behavioural coordination.
Sophia Daoudi-Simison +2 more
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Morphological and Molecular Identification of Tritrichomonas mobilensis in Captive Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta) [PDF]
Veterinary SciencesIn September 2024, an acute hemorrhagic diarrhea occurred in a colony of captive ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) housed adjacent to an enclosure of squirrel monkeys in Henan Province, China. Three of the ring-tailed lemurs (1-year-old females) died, and
Chaowu Fu +5 more
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Cup tool use by squirrel monkeys. [PDF]
Am J Primatol, 2015 Captive‐born male and female squirrel monkeys spontaneously ‘invented’ a cup tool use technique to Contain (i.e., hold and control) food they reduced into fragments for consumption and to Contain water collected from a valve to drink. Food cup use was observed more frequently than water cup use.
Buckmaster CL +3 more
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Amplitude modulation coding in awake mice and squirrel monkeys.
J Neurophysiol, 2018 Hoglen NEG +4 more
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