Although humans are genetically very similar to the evolutionarily related nonhuman
hominids (chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans), comparative studies suggest a …

Wild bonobos (Pan paniscus), chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), Western gorillas (Gorilla
gorilla), and orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus, Pongo abelii) are threatened with extinction. In …

Heart disease is common in both humans and chimpanzees, manifesting typically as
sudden cardiac arrest or progressive heart failure. Surprisingly, although chimpanzees are …

The clinical and necropsy records of 36 (25 male and 11 female) chimpanzees age 10 to 40
y old that died over a 6-y period (2001 to 2006) were reviewed. All animals had annual …

Strongyloidiasis is a much-neglected but sometimes fatal soil born helminthiasis. The
causing agent, the small intestinal parasitic nematode Strongyloides stercoralis can …

Sudden cardiac death (SCD), presumed secondary to fatal arrhythmias, is a common cause
of mortality in captive chimpanzees at the Alamogordo Primate Facility. Over the 6‐year …

The respiratory system is one of the most commonly affected systems in reports describing
nonhuman primate disease, pathology, and/or clinical management. Such general papers …

Fibrosing cardiomyopathy defined as myocardial replacement fibrosis with atrophy and
hypertrophy of cardiac myocytes, absent to mild myocardial inflammation, and no apparent …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD, or heart disease) is a major cause of mortality in all four great
ape taxa managed in captivity: gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), orangutans (Pongo …

Background Throughout life, physiological homeostasis is challenged and the capacity to
cope with such challenges declines with increasing age. In many species, sex differences …