title: Primate disease and breeding rates.
abstract: 33 species were compared for 12 disease categories over 3 years of laboratory housing. There were low correlations between popularity, birth, death, and illness rates. Highest rates were: birth, Macaca nemestrina; illness, Pongo pygmaeus; death, Cercopithecus aethiops. Lowest rates were: birth, Lemur catta; illness, Sanguinus mystax; death, Galago crassicaudatus. Galago crassicaudatus and Macaca fasicularus had low disease and high birth rates.
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D002521:Cercopithecus / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005701:Galago / Q000502:physiology; D006071:Gorilla gorilla / Q000502:physiology; D000882:Haplorhini; D015186:Hominidae / Q000502:physiology; D007900:Lemur / Q000502:physiology; D008251:Macaca / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000502:physiology; D010215:Papio / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011323:Primates / Q000502:physiology*