title: Neonatal deaths in bonnet monkeys born to dams with rudimentary papillae mammae.
abstract: Deaths due to dehydration and starvation occurred in the early neonatal period in bonnet monkey (Macaca radiata) infants housed with their dams in an outdoor half-acre corral. Dams were found to have small, rudimentary papillae mammae of insufficient size to permit suckling. Both papillary and breast tissue of affected dams were histologically normal; the nipples differed macroscopically from those of normal females only in size. This abnormality accounted for half of the neonatal mortality experienced in this breeding colony over a 5-year period.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D005260:Female; D007775:Lactation Disorders / Q000662:veterinary*; D008255:Macaca radiata; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy