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Umbilical cord hypercoiling in two rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

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Obstruction of umbilical blood flow is a common cause of death in fetal nonhuman primates, but cord accidents have not been reported in the macaque. We describe two cases of… Click to show full abstract

Obstruction of umbilical blood flow is a common cause of death in fetal nonhuman primates, but cord accidents have not been reported in the macaque. We describe two cases of cord accident in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) resulting in fetal death at approximately 110 and 50 days of gestation, respectively.

Keywords: macaques macaca; umbilical cord; macaca mulatta; rhesus macaques; cord hypercoiling

Journal Title: Journal of Medical Primatology
Year Published: 2019

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