Current practices in nutrition management and disease incidence of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus).

ABSTRACT:

Background

A survey was developed to characterize disease incidence, common pathology lesions, environmental characteristics, and nutrition programs within captive research marmoset colonies.

Methods

Seventeen research facilities completed the electronic survey.

Results

Nutritional management programs varied amongst research institutions housing marmosets; eight primary base diets were reported. The most common clinical syndromes reported were gastrointestinal disease (i.e. inflammatory bowel disease like disease, chronic lymphocytic enteritis, chronic malabsorption, chronic diarrhea), metabolic bone disease or fracture, infectious diarrhea, and oral disease (tooth root abscesses, gingivitis, tooth root resorption). The five most common pathology morphologic diagnoses

SUBMITTER: Goodroe A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8422998 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature