A Survey of Physiological Measurements in Macaca Mulatta

Abstract

The rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) has been studied most intensively of all non-human primates from the physiological viewpoint. Recent laboratory data from this Center and published literature findings were used to prepare tables dealing with: metabolism, O2 uptake, respiration rate, minute volume, lung volumes, respiratory mechanical parameters, lung and blood gas tensions, heart rate, cardiac output, stroke volume, blood pressures, eeg intervals, renal function parameters, specific blood volume, plasma volume and total body water. The results are adequate to define normal values for all of the above variables. Findings in the rhesus monkey are compared with normal levels in man and limited data on other subhuman primates.