Skull fractures in infant squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus).
Skull fractures resulting from trauma and leading to hemorrhage in the subdural area and brain parenchymal have been a common cause of neonatal mortality in a breeding colony of squirrel monkeys. The skull fractures may have been caused by abnormal carrying behavior by the dam or by the dam being frightened while cradling the infant during nursing.
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D005260:Female; D007774:Lactation; D008297:Male; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012453:Saimiri; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*