The Hematological and Biochemical Values of The Yunnan Golden Monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) in Captive

six golden monkeys,4 females and 2 males got from northwest of Yunnan,China,were kept in captive for 6 to 12 months.The body weight was 4.4 to 10 kg and approximately in age from 2 to 7 years old.The OT was negative and free of pathogenic bacilli infection for the animals.Blood samples were obtained from upper arm vein before feeding in the morning.Fourteen hematological and biochemical values were determined by Technicon RA-100 automatic blood biochemical analyzer.The results indicated that the urea nitrogen,creatinine,glutamictransaminase,glutamyltranspeptidase,lactate dehydrogenase,alkaline phosphatase in the monkeys were higher than that of human and rhesus monkeys.Their uric acid,triglycerides was lower than that of human and rhesus monkeys.The other values were similar with human or rhesus monkeys.