title: Ultrasonic assessment of pregnancy and fetal development in three species of macaque monkeys.
abstract: Serial ultrasonic assessments of gestational sac (GS) and fetal biparietal diameter (BPD) were performed in the Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata fuscata), rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), and crab-eating monkey (Macaca fascicularis). In the Japanese monkey, GS increased linearly for 3-8 weeks, whereas BPD increased in a linear-quadratic manner over 8 weeks to term. Ultrasonic assessments of spontaneously aborted fetuses with BPD growth retardation and diagnosis of a pelvic chocolate cyst also were reported.
authors.affiliation: Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D008251:Macaca; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal; D014463:Ultrasonography