Normal Blood Picture of the Macaca Mulatta Monkey

¹ From the Radiobiological Laboratory of the University of Texas and the U.S. Air Force, Austin, Texas

Five hundred thirty-eight male Macaca mulatta monkeys, ranging in age from 30 to 42 months and in weight from 4 to 13 pounds, were examined over a period of 2 years for the following hematologic measures: hemoglobin, red blood cell count, white blood cell count, differential white blood cell count, reticulocytes, sedimentation rates, hematocrit, platelet count, bilobed lymphocyte count, plasma prothrombin time, serum prothrombin time, Lee-White clotting time and onset and rate of clot retraction. The mean, extremes, standard deviation and number of analyses are given for each measurement. Results are compared with data already in the literature.