Establishment of vertebral heart scale in the growth period of the Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata).
We performed a thoracic X-ray examination of 56 Japanese macaques to obtain normal reference values for vertebral heart scale (VHS). Mean VHS was 10.25 +/- 0.94 v. In males, mean VHS was 10.56 +/- 0.73 v, with no significant correlation to age or weight. In contrast, mean VHS in females was 9.97 +/- 1.03 v, and tended to decrease with increasing age and weight. These findings will facilitate the diagnosis of cardiac disease in Japanese macaques in the future.
Harada
Mai
M
College of Bioresource Science, Nihon University.
Koie
Hiroshi
H
Iwaki
Shunsaku
S
Sato
Tsuneo
T
Kanayama
Kiichi
K
Taira
Masato
M
Sakai
Takeo
T
D000818:Animals; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D007564:Japan; D008251:Macaca / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development*; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012727:Sex Characteristics