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Primate disease and breeding rates.

A Chamove·G Cameron·V Nash
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33 species were compared for 12 disease categories over 3 years of laboratory housing. There were low correlations between popularity, birth, death, and illness rates. Highest rates were: birth, Macaca nemestrina; illness, Pongo pygmaeus; death, Cercopithecus aethiops. Lowest rates were: birth, Lemur catta; illness, Sanguinus mystax; death, Galago crassicaudatus. Galago crassicaudatus and Macaca fasicularus had low disease and high birth rates.

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A Chamove, G Cameron, V Nash. 1979. Primate disease and breeding rates.. https://doi.org/10.1258/002367779780943332

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