Pregnancy Diagnosis in an Orangutan Using Two Prepared Test Kits
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Journal of Medical Primatology
- Vol. 6 (5) , 315-318
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000459763
Abstract
The Nonhuman Primate Pregnancy Test (NPPT) kit and the Gravindex Slide Test (GST) were compared for the diagnosis of pregnancy in an orangutan [Pongo pygmaeus]. The NPPT consistently detected chorionic gonadotropin in urine, earlier and longer than the GST. During approximately the last trimester of pregnancy, both tests registered negative results. The NPPT is a simple, effective pregnancy test for breeding age orangutans.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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