Atherosclerose Spontanee Et Regime Alimentaire Chez Les Animaux Sauvages

Atherosclerosis in Subhuman Primates

“…Lindsay and Chaikoff [1963] mentioned the presence of arterio sclerotic lesions in the aortas of " several old chimpanzees" . Similar findings were reported in six chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes schweinfu rthii) by Vastesaeger et al [1963]. c) G o rilla .…”

“…i) C o lo b u s m o n k e y . Vastesaeger et al [1963] observed atherosclerosis in two free-ranging colobus monkeys ( Colobus angolensis).…”

“…g) R e d -ta ile d or b la c k -c h e e k e d m o n k ey . Vastesaeger et al [1963] reported th at three Cercopithecus nictitans which they studied (one in the wild and two at the Zoo) had atherosclerosis in the aorta.…”

“…One Cercopithecus neglectus kept at the Anvers Zoo had atherosclerotic lesions in the aorta (Vastesaeger et al [1963]). i) C o lo b u s m o n k e y .…”

“…In the ham adryas baboons, one had coronary atherosclerotic plaques and six bad lipid deposits in the coronary arteries. Two baboons ( Papio papio) re ported by Vastesaeger et al [1963] had aortic atherosclerosis. b) M acaq u e. L ucre [1923] described in the cerebral arteries of a year old pigtailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina), the occurrence of irregularly thickened, hyalinized, atherom atous or calcified intim al plaques and the smaller arteries and arterioles had been transformed into completely calcified tubules; even some of the capillary vessels were calcified.…”