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Mucinous gastric hyperplasia in a colony of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) induced by polychlorinated biphenyl (Aroclor 1254)

Journal Article · · Lab. Anim. Sci.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6782143
Since 1971, 45 of 259 male rhesus monkeys housed in a primate building have died of a chronic and progressive disease characterized by diarrhea, dehydration, weakness, gingivitis, emaciation, and alopecia. The principal necropsy finding in these monkeys, and in eight others killed for experimental purposes, was hypertrophic and hyperplastic mucinous gastropathy involving both the mucosa and submucosa. The toxic agent involved was identified as the polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), Aroclor 1254. The suspected source of the toxic agent was a concrete sealer used during building construction.
Research Organization:
Department of Comparative Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
OSTI ID:
6782143
Journal Information:
Lab. Anim. Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: Lab. Anim. Sci.; (United States) Vol. 32:1; ISSN LBASA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English