Correlation of Skeletal Growth and Epiphyseal Ossification with Age of Monkeys

Résumé du livre

A method has been developed for estimating age in the rhesus monkey by skeletal radiograph. Some thirty-five ossification changes have been used as age-estimating criteria. Females generally meet the maturation criteria 3 to 5 months earlier than males. Data presently available relate to monkeys up to 48 months of age; however, the study will be followed until complete skeletal maturation takes place.