title: Limitations of the nonhuman pregnancy kit for pregnancy diagnosis in baboons.
abstract: The Nonhuman Primate Pregnancy Test (NHPPT) kit was evaluated for diagnosis of pregnancy in baboons. Unreadable controls rendered 33% of all tests inconclusive. Refrigeration and dilution did little to improve the number of inconclusive tests. Positive-and false-negative results from readable tests on days 20 to 27 of confirmed pregnancy were 75% and 25%, respectively. The NHPPT did not always provide an accurate diagnosis of pregnancy and often proved unreadable.
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D010061:Ovulation Detection / Q000662:veterinary; D010215:Papio / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011259:Pregnancy Tests, Immunologic / Q000662:veterinary*; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000662:veterinary; D012034:Refrigeration
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin