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OJVRTM
Online Journal of
Veterinary Research©
Volume 11 (1): 1-9, 2007, Redacted 2018.
Comparison of Noninvasive
Biotelemetry Shirt (LifeShirt® System) to
Whole Body Plethysmography
in
African Green Monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops).
MacLarty AM, DVM, MPH, DACVPMa*,
Nalca A, MD, PhDa,
Roy CJ, MSPH, PhDa†
a United States Army Medical
Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, MD, USA.,†
Present address: Tulane University National Primate Research Center, Covington,
LA, USA *Corresponding author – Email: anne.maclarty@amedd.army.mil
ABSTRACT
MacLarty AM, Nalca A, Roy CJ. Comparison of
Noninvasive Biotelemetry Shirt (LifeShirt®
System) to Whole Body Plethysmography in African Green Monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops) Onl J Vet Res., 11 (1) : 1-9, 2007. Continuous monitoring of physiological
parameters such as respiration, ECG, activity, and temperature in large
laboratory animals is an important tool for biomedical research and adequate
veterinary care in preclinical research.
Noninvasive technologies such as jackets and telemetry allow nonhuman
primates to be observed in a more natural setting without the use of
anesthesia. The LifeShirt®
system is a clinical, noninvasive, ambulatory monitoring system that provides
continuous data collection of respiration, ECG, activity, temperature, and
other parameters in unrestrained animals.
In this preliminary study, a biotelemetry shirt system was compared to
whole body plethysmography for respiratory function parameters in African green
monkeys. The data indicated that the biotelemetry
shirt system and plethysmography were comparable for respiratory
parameters. In conclusion, the use of
the LifeShirt® system may prove to be very
beneficial for continuous respiratory parameter collection in conscious
nonhuman primates.
KEYWORDS:
Noninvasive biotelemetry, telemetry, Chlorocebus aethiops, African green monkey, respiratory,
plethysmography, LifeShirt® system.
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