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Prevalence and ultrastructure of Sarcocystis in rhesus monkeys.
Trichomonal granuloma of the pelvic cavity in a rhesus monkey.
Posterior paralysis and spinal osteomyelitis in a rhesus monkey with coccidioidomycosis.
www.afip.org /vetpath/POLA/nhp.txt   (12424 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Rhesus Monkey
Rhesus Monkey, macaque found throughout India and Nepal, eastern Afghanistan, and northeastern China and Indochina, and held sacred by the Hindus.
An adult rhesus has a stoutly built body that may be up to 63 cm (25 in) long, with a tail half that length.
Because they are physiologically similar to humans, rhesus monkeys have been used as research animals to an extent that has greatly reduced their population; India now bars their exportation.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761560421/Rhesus_Monkey.html   (279 words)

  
 Comparative Placentation
The placenta of rhesus monkeys is similar to that of human placentas, except for the predominance of two disks in most rhesus monkey placentas.
In rhesus monkeys there are approximately 20 arteries and 40 veins that connect the final intervillous space with the maternal circulation.
Nevertheless, I have seen several placentas of rhesus monkeys, liontailed macacs, baboons, orangutans and langurs to have infarcts accompanied by the thrombotic lesions in the decidual blood vessels that caused the villous infarcts.
medicine.ucsd.edu /cpa/mac.html   (8034 words)

  
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis in a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta).
Mucinous gastric hyperplasia in a colony of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) induced by polychlorinated biphenyl (Arachlor 1254).
Bilateral posterior parietal atrophy in an infant rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta).
netvet.wustl.edu /species/primates/primate2.txt   (8528 words)

  
 Rhesus Macaque
Rhesus macaques can be found in temperate cedar oak forests, tropical woodlands, and swamps from Afghanistan and India to Thailand and Southern China.
Rhesus communities are made up of 10 to 50 individuals of both genders.
The number of plant species that rhesus macaques eat is an impressive 92.
www.hsus.org /ace/12258   (206 words)

  
 First test-tube rhesus monkey turns 15
Arriving nearly five years after the birth of Louise Brown, the first human born through the technique of in-vitro fertilization, Petri was hailed as a critical model, a window to the future health and fecundity of humans born through the then-revolutionary method of uniting egg and sperm in a test-tube.
In addition, rhesus macaques and humans, at the genetic level, are nearly the same, sharing a genome that is more than 90 percent identical.
The IVF rhesus monkey model is extremely important, according to Richard Rawlins, director of the In-Vitro Fertilization/Assisted Reproductive Technology Laboratories at Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago.
www.news.wisc.edu /wire/i082698/petri.html   (872 words)

  
 BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Rhesus monkey
They have given their name to the rhesus antigens found in their blood in 1940, which has enabled doctors to determine different blood groups in humans.
Rhesus monkeys live for about four years in the wild, although in captivity, they can live for up to 30 years.
Rhesus monkeys have brown fur, and the adults have a red face and rump.
www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/211.shtml   (251 words)

  
 Rhesus Macaque   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Rhesus Monkeys were also used in the well-known experiments on maternal deprivation carried out in the 1950s by comparative psychologist Harry F. Harlow.
Rhesus Macaques are noted for their tendency to move from rural to urban areas, coming to rely on handouts or refuse from humans.
Diurnal animals, Rhesus Macaques are both arboreal and terrestrial; they are mostly herbivorous and feed on leaves and pine needles, roots, and the occastional insect or small animal.
www.wikiverse.org /rhesus-macaque   (675 words)

  
 rhesus disease - General Practice Notebook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Rhesus disease is a cause of haemolysis manifest in the first 24 hours of life due to rhesus incompatibility between mother and baby.
The severity of the condition caused by Rhesus incompatibility varies from the baby born with mild jaundice and anaemia to the development of hydrops fetalis in utero.
Note that Rhesus D antigen is the most important and its absence is used to categorise Rhesus negative.
www.gpnotebook.co.uk /cache/-409337849.htm   (287 words)

  
 Pair-housing of rhesus
Despite the common assumption that individually caged rhesus monkeys are too aggressive to be socialized with another conspecific (LINE 1987), two safe and inexpensive methods have recently been elaborated that permit the pairing of an adult rhesus monkey with another adult or with a young rhesus monkey.
Forty-six unrelated adult female rhesus monkeys (7-23 years old) and 10 unrelated adult male rhesus monkeys (8-16 years old) were familiarized with each other in isosexual dyads in cages in which the two animals were separated by a grated partition allowing non-contact communication only (no risk of aggression-associated trauma).
Rhesus monkeys are social animals and they probably have a strong need for social contact and social interaction.
www.awionline.org /lab_animals/biblio/es32-2~1.htm   (1753 words)

  
 Rhesus Monkey
Rhesus monkeys adapt well to a wide range of habitats, from the hot, dry temperatures of the desert to colder, winter temperatures.
Rhesus monkeys live in groups of 10 to 200, formed of closely related females and a few unrelated males.
Rhesus monkeys are held sacred in many parts of India, and large groups of them live near Buddhist or Hindu temples, where monks treat them with affection.
www.wildinfo.net /facts/Rhesus.asp   (545 words)

  
 Rhesus Monkeys
Rhesus Monkeys are found in Afghanistan, India, Thailand and Southern China.
The under-parts of a Rhesus Monkey are lighter brown-colored, and the hair on top of the head is short.
In captivity and the wild, Rhesus Monkeys produce a variety of noises; they are very talkative and communicative.
www.rhesus-monkeys.com   (321 words)

  
 Rhesus Factor
A, B AB, O), we all have two Rhesus genes, called D or d, depending on whether we are Rhesus positive or negative and babies inherit one of these from each parent.
Rhesus (Rh) disease (also called Hemolytic disease or Erythroblastosis Fetalis) takes weeks rather than days to affect the unborn child, so there would be ample time to check on the baby`s welfare and act accordingly.
The term `Rhesus disease` may lead you to believe that the condition is an illness which could affect the mother`s health.
www.childbirthsolutions.com /articles/preconception/rhesus/index.php   (4693 words)

  
 Mammals » Primates » Macaque - Rhesus Main Page
The Rhesus Macaque, also known as a Rhesus Monkey, is one of the better-known monkeys.
The Rhesus monkey is both arboreal and terrestrial; in addition they have a great love of water and are commonly seen swimming and playing in it.
The Rhesus Macaque is a medium sized primate with mature males weighing six kilograms and mature females weighing approximately three kilograms.
www.centralpets.com /pages/critterpages/mammals/primates/PRI4683.shtml   (837 words)

  
 Cloning of the Rhesus Lymphocryptovirus Viral Capsid Antigen and Epstein-Barr Virus-Encoded Small RNA Homologues and ...
and absence of rhesus LCV infection in the hand-reared colony.
Experimental infection of rhesus and pig-tailed macaques with macaque rhadinoviruses.
Induction of B cell hyperplasia in simian immunodeficiency virus-infected rhesus macaques with the simian homologue of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.
jcm.asm.org /cgi/content/full/38/9/3219   (4614 words)

  
 Animal Planet :: Corwin's Carnival of Creatures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Its body is olive brown, with orange-red fur on the loins and rump, which distinguishes the rhesus from all other Indian monkeys.
The rhesus macaque is considered an "abundant species." Relatively large rhesus populations still occur.
Rhesus monkeys are popular zoo animals because of their innate curiosity and active lifestyle.
animal.discovery.com /fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/primate/rhesusmacaque.html   (414 words)

  
 Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)
The rhesus macaque is found in the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, India, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The rhesus macaque is both terrestrial and arboreal.
For the rhesus macaque this is used by the male to invite a female in estrus to copulate (Ransom, 1981).
members.tripod.com /uakari/macaca_mulatta.html   (642 words)

  
 Rhesus Monkey Skull
Rhesus Monkey - The rhesus monkey is native to much of China as well as Afghanistan, India and Nepal.
The rhesus is omnivorous and diurnal and lives freely in the forest as well as within human cities.
Rhesus are a troop dwelling species with groups ranging from 5 too 100 individuals.
www.skullsunlimited.com /Rhesus_Monkey.html   (102 words)

  
 Rhesus Monkey pictures
The name, Rhesus Monkeys, is connected to the naming of the hereditary blood antigen Rh factor that was discovered on their red blood cells in 1940.
As these are the closest relatives of humans, the Rhesus Monkeys have become the primary target of biomedical and behavioral research using primates.
Rhesus Monkeys who have evolved to keep track of complex social interactions among large groups are reduced to entertaining themselves in small mind-numbing cubicles.
www.rhesus-monkeys.com /rhesus-monkeys-pictures.htm   (358 words)

  
 Simian immunodeficiency virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes and cell-associated viral RNA levels in distinct ...
rhesus monkeys was analyzed using 4-color flow cytometry.
Immunologic and pathologic manifestations of the infection of rhesus monkeys with simian immunodeficiency virus of macaques.
Characterization of the peptide binding motif of a rhesus MHC class I molecule (Mamu-A*01) that binds an immunodominant CTL epitope from simian immunodeficiency virus.
www.bloodjournal.org /cgi/content/full/96/4/1474   (3694 words)

  
 The Internet Classics Archive | Rhesus by Euripides
The number of his host thou couldst not reckon to a sum exact, for it was beyond one's comprehension; many a knight was there, and serried ranks of targeteers, and archers not a few, with countless swarms of light-armed troops, in Thracian garb arrayed, to bear them company.
Rhesus hath shewn the friendship he then bore to Troy; for he cometh to the feast, albeit he was not with the hunters when they took the prey, nor joined his spear with theirs.
Let Rhesus in his gilded mail join the allies of this land, thanks to the messenger's report.
classics.mit.edu /Euripides/rhesus.html   (7114 words)

  
 Birds and Nature: The Rhesus Monkey
Undoubtedly there is no more mischievous monkey than the Rhesus, but, after all, he is not altogether to blame, for the blame may belong to the Hindoos.
But, however that may be, it is a fact that the Hindoos protect the monkeys in every possible way, willingly sharing their food with the bands which are found almost everywhere, and permitting no one to kill them.
The mother monkeys were most assiduous in the care of their young, but in educating them one of the most important lessons was to teach them to steal successfully.
www.birdnature.com /dec1901/monkey.html   (544 words)

  
 Conservation of Nonpeptide Antigen Recognition by Rhesus Monkey V{gamma}2V{delta}2 T Cells -- Wang et al. 170 (7): 3696 ...
Rhesus monkey PBMC were cultured in vitro with media, HMBPP from M.
Rhesus monkey PBMC were cultured in vitro with media or M.
T cells in rhesus monkeys and their response to simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection.
www.jimmunol.org /cgi/content/full/170/7/3696   (5253 words)

  
 BabyCentre | What it means to be Rhesus-negative   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Your Rhesus status describes whether or not you have the Rhesus factor, which is a protein on the surface of red blood cells.
However, when you become pregnant again, and if the new baby is Rhesus positive, there are antibodies already in your blood to cross the placenta and start destroying his red blood cells.
In rare cases where the mother's Rhesus antibody level is very high, the baby may be given an exchange blood transfusion while he is still in the womb.
www.babycentre.co.uk /refcap/1480.html   (863 words)

  
 Rhesus Negative Mothers : UK Midwifery Archives
In a community or home birth context, where the woman hopefully knows her midwife well, and the whole rhesus negative issue has hopefully been carefully discussed, perhaps there is more of an opportunity for the truth to come out before labour.
They showed that in her first pregnancy she had been classified as Rhesus Negative, in her second pregnancy she had been reclassified as Rhesus positive and this was commented on - saying that a new type of test which had been introduced was more specific and she was now considered Rhesus positive.
I too came across a woman who had booked for her second pregnancy and had been found to be rh+ve whereas in her first pregnanct she was rh-ve and recieved anti-d after miscarriage.
www.radmid.demon.co.uk /rhesus.htm   (3409 words)

  
 Resources - CHORI-250 Rhesus macaque BAC Library
Approximately 40 ml blood was collected by Marta L. Marthas (mlmarthas@ucdavis.edu) at the California Regional Primate Research Center (CRPRC) and was extracted at CHORI for the preparation of high molecular weight DNA embedded in agarose.
The Rhesus blood donor is of Indian origin and was born at the CRPRC.
The library is being used at the Baylor College of Medicine effort to assemble the rhesus macaque genome.
bacpac.chori.org /rhesus250.htm   (632 words)

  
 Rhesus Cytomegalovirus (RhCMV)
Rhesus cytomegalovirus exhibits strong parallels with human CMV (HCMV) in terms of nucleic and amino acid identities, natural history, and mechanisms of persistence and pathogenesis in its natural host, the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta).
RhCMV is ubiquitous in captive rhesus macaques, with infection rates of greater than 90% by the first year of life.
While programs are in place in a number of primate centers and breeding facilities to expand the number of specific-pathogen-free (SPF) animals for this virus, demand for rhesus macaques will exceed the supply of SPF animals for the foreseeable future.
zoologix.com /primate/Datasheets/RhesusCytomegalovirus.htm   (459 words)

  
 Rhesus single   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Rhesus explode all over your ears with they’re punk-tastic jaw breaking new single “Art is dead” Throwing shapes reminiscent of both early clash riffs, and vocally of the Jam’s more lo fi moments, Rhesus are one of a bunch of groups emerging from the excellent angular records/new cross scene.
The swirling guitars are matched by pounding drums and an exhausting insistent vocal, then the final shouted outro of “Don’t sell me out!” is aided by a vicious and glorious guitar lick that sounds like the early Manic’s mounting the corpse of Guns and Roses slash.
A good single that will remind the world Rhesus may think art is dead, but they prove punk ain’t dead yet.
www.geocities.com /godisinthetv2003/rhesusart.htm   (116 words)

  
 Bandar - Monkey - Rhesus macaque - Macaca mulatta - Haryana Online - India
The rhesus macaque consumes a wide variety of food including leaves, fruit, flowers, berries, insects, grains, grass, herbs, algae, and they will raid crops, gardens and garbage cans for food.
There is inter group dominance, meaning that one group of rhesus macaques may be dominant to another group of rhesus macaques for such things as food.
In Haryana, Rhesus Macaque is found in the Saraswati Plantation, Morni Hills, Kalesar Forest and in many towns and villages.
www.haryana-online.com /Fauna/bandar.htm   (377 words)

  
 Accommodation dynamics in aging rhesus monkeys -- Croft et al. 275 (6): 1885 -- AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and ...
In rhesus monkeys, the iris may be surgically removed via a small limbal incision (24).
Six rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) of either sex, aged 4-24 yr and weighing 1.7-11.3 kg, were studied.
The role of the iris in accommodation of rhesus monkeys.
ajpregu.physiology.org /cgi/content/full/275/6/R1885   (6473 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The HGSC is sequencing the genome of the rhesus monkey (rhesus macaque, Macaca mulatta).
Rhesus monkeys are used for essential research in neuroscience, behavioral biology, reproductive physiology, endocrinology, cardiovascular studies, pharmacology and other areas.
The Macaque Genome Sequencing Consortium is led by the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center, and in collaboration with the J.
www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu /projects/rmacaque   (310 words)

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