The great apes (chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans) are our closest relatives.
Despite the many similarities, there are significant differences in aging among apes …

Abstract Knowledge of the diseases of great apes in captivity is essential for captive
management of self‐sustaining populations. This survey of medical and pathology records …

The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is one of the most extensively used nonhuman
primate models for human diseases. This article presents a literature review focusing on …

The current aging population of captive chimpanzees is expected to develop age-related
diseases and present new challenges to providing their veterinary care. Spontaneous heart …

Degenerative joint disease is investigated in the spine and major peripheral joints (shoulder,
elbow, hip and knee) in samples of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii; P …

Aging is the biological process of declining physiologic function associated with increasing
mortality rate during advancing age. Humans and higher nonhuman primates exhibit …

Humans have evolved much longer lifespans than the great apes, which rarely exceed 50
years. Since 1800, lifespans have doubled again, largely due to improvements in …

At later ages, humans have high risk of developing Alzheimer disease (AD) which may afflict
up to 50% by 90 years. While prosimians and monkeys show more substantial changes, the …

During the past 15 years, our aging colony of rhesus monkeys, consisting of animals from 20
to 37 years of age, had an annual average population of 88.2 live monkeys and, of this …

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