Validating Urinary Neopterin as a Biomarker of Immune Response in Captive and Wild Capuchin Monkeys.

ABSTRACT: Non-invasive health monitoring is advantageous for wild and captive primate populations because it reduces the need for traditional invasive techniques (i.e., anesthetization) that can be stressful and potentially harmful for individuals. The biomarker neopterin is an emerging tool in primatology to measure immune activation and immunosenescence, however, most neopterin studies have focused on catarrhine species with little comparative work examining neopterin and health in platyrrhines. To address this gap, we validated a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to measure urinary neopterin in two types of capuchin monkeys, a wild population of white-faced capuchins (Cebus imitator) and a socially housed captive colony of tufted capuchins (Sapajus apella<

SUBMITTER: Lucore JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9326447 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature