Nuclear abnormalities of marrow normoblasts as a normal occurrence in laboratory baboons in Kenya.
Normal laboratory baboons subsisting upon a fruit/vegetable diet were found to have bone marrow changes in the nuclei of developing normoblasts. The parenteral administration of folic acid and vitamin B12 in adequate dosage did not alter these changes. These nuclear abnormalities appear to be a specific characteristic of the baboon and do not appear to suggest an imbalance of DNA synthesis.
D000818:Animals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002467:Cell Nucleus; D004032:Diet; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D000882:Haplorhini; D007501:Iron / Q000494:pharmacology; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D010215:Papio / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000494:pharmacology
D005492:Folic Acid; D007501:Iron; D014805:Vitamin B 12; D001205:Ascorbic Acid