MONTHLY WEIGHT INCREASES IN GROWING RHESUS MONKEYS

摘要

Weight increase rate profiles were developed for 13 male and 8 female Macaca mulatta based on weights recorded within the stereotaxic acceptability weight range of 2. 5 to 4. 5 kilograms. It was concluded that adolescent female rhesus have a greater weight increase rate than male rhesus with more extreme weights occurring in the individual female samples.