NUTRITIONAL-EVALUATION IN COTTON-TOP TAMARINS (SAGUINUS-OEDIPUS)

Abstract

Four cotton-top tamarins were fed a commercial biscuit diet and 3 others a commercial canned diet for 12 wk. Thereafter, all 7 were fed a purified diet for 12 wk. General health, body weight, food intake, fecal output, serum biochemistry, blood count and colonic histopathology were evaluated at various times during the experiments. The diets did not affect these parameters except that the purified diet was associated with relatively reduced fecal output. Diarrhea and chronic colitis occurred independently of the diet in 3 tamarins in the course of the study.