COMPARISON OF HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION PREGNANCY TESTS IN CHIMPANZEE AND ORANGUTAN

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 26  (6) , 922-927
Abstract
A hemagglutination inhibition pregnancy test (Subhuman Primate Pregnancy Test), based on antiserum to the .beta.-subunit of ovine luteinizing hormone was evaluated for use in the chimpanzee [Pan troglodytes] and orangutan [Pongo pygmaeus]. The test gave earlier indication of pregnancy in both species than 2 sensitive tests currently available for use in man (the Pregnosticon Accusphere Test and the UCG-Test). A comparison of sensitivity to chimpanzee chorionic gonadotropin was performed. The Subhuman Primate Pregnancy Test was 10 and 15 times as sensitive as the UCG-Test and the Pregnosticon Accusphere Test, respectively.

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