(n.) A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.
Example Sentences:
(1) The amplitudes of the circadian maxima of enzyme activity and serum cortisol levels were significantly greater in vervets than in grivets.
(2) With the purpose of examining in the same animal model the effect of more natural routes of infection, six female grivet monkeys were inoculated, two by two, with M. hominis by the following methods: (experiment A) into the uterine cavity through the cervical canal; (experiment B) into the uterine cavity by the same route, but after ligature of the isthmus of the uterine tubes had been performed and followed by curettage of the endometrium; and (experiment C) into the cervical epithelium.
(3) To further examine the extent of genetic divergence within the SIVagm type, we generated and sequenced a biologically active proviral DNA clone representing a lentivirus isolated from a distinct African green monkey species (grivet).
(4) Captive chimpanzees and grivet and rhesus monkeys, not given hepatitis A virus, showed evidence of previous experience with human hepatitis A or an antigenically related virus based on tests for hepatitis A antibody.
(5) Grivets develop higher levels of serum cholesterol than vervets fed cholesterol.
(6) Marmosets and grivet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) developed salpingitis with antibody responses after intraoviduct inoculation, and baboons (Papio anubis) developed parametritis after intracervical inoculation.
(7) The clinical course of the experimental infection in grivet monkeys closely resembles that of natural infections in man.
(8) Normal values for a number of blood components of grivet monkeys are reported.
(9) Animals seropositive for HTLV-I were found among grivet monkeys and Anubis baboons including the hybrid offspring between Anubis and Hamadryas baboons but not pure-Hamadryas baboons and geladas.
(10) The concentration of cortisol and its time of release appear to be factors in the hyperresponsive trait of grivets.
(11) Groups of 6 to 8 grivet monkeys (Ceropithecus aethiops aethiops), each of which had been exposed to 600 cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni, were killed 3, 6, and 31 months after exposure.
(12) In a previous study we produced acute salpingitis and parametritis in grivet monkeys by inoculation of Mycoplasma hominis directly into the uterine tubes.
(13) Grivet monkeys infected with virulent Francisella tularensis Strain Schu S4 showed significant early changes in serum levels of trace metals, triglycerides and activities of alkaline phosphatase, lactate dehydrogenase and alpha-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase.
(14) The vaccine was highly potent, inducing antibody in guinea pigs, grivet monkeys, and chimpanzees given three doses of vaccine containing up to 20 mug of hepatitis B antigen per dose.
(15) The 24-h reductase activity was over 4 times greater in vervet than grivet livers.
(16) The mycoplasma was not recovered from the grivet monkeys, nor from the oviducts of the marmosets although it was isolated intermittently from the vagina of two of the latter animals up to 4-6 weeks after inoculation.
(17) The medial meniscus was resected from the right knees of twelve young grivet monkeys that were killed at intervals of twenty-one to 252 days after operation.
(18) Erthrocytes collected from monkey species including grivet, rhesus, and cynomolgus monkeys were stabilized by fixation with glutaraldehyde of a low concentration and were freeze-dried in vacuo.
(19) Heterogeneity was observed in the molecular weights of the gag, pol, and env gene products between SIV isolates from vervets [SIV(AGM(VER))] and grivets [SIV(AGM(GRI))].
(20) Nineteen grivet monkeys, Cercopithecus aethiops, were infected with the spirochete of louse-borne relapsing fever, Borrelia recurrentis, and killed at various intervals following inoculation: 4 during the initial spirochetemia; 4 during remission; 3 during relapse; 2 that were dying following severe relapses; and 6 during convalescence.
Vervet
Definition:
(n.) A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, / Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white.
Example Sentences:
(1) A long-term feeding experiment in vervet monkeys with F. moniliforme MRC 826 and attempts to isolate and chemically characterise the hepatotoxic metabolite(s) produced by this fungus are being continued.
(2) In the vervet monkey, the thalamus is divided into six nuclear groups: anterior, midline, medial, dorsolateral, ventrolateral and posterior.
(3) The output of acid, chloride, sodium and potassium in gastric washings from the Vervet monkey have been measured under basal conditions and while stimulating the secretion with two doses of pentagastrin (one dose submaximal, the other dose supramaximal).
(4) Vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops), Sykes monkeys (C. mitis) and baboons (Papio cynocephalus) all supported low grade infections for periods ranging between four and eight months and subsequently showed evidence of self-cure.
(5) Fifty-nine percent of the vervet patterns have also been described for rhesus monkeys, 63 percent for baboons, and 54 percent for patas.
(6) Possible applications of the model are to the evolution of semantic alarm calls in vervet monkeys and the phonetic aspects of human language.
(7) Although an oral dose of 10(9) colone-forming units of the vaccine was nonfatal to vervets, a transient but severe gastrointestinal disturbance resulted in four of 12 animals.
(8) Agglutinins to Leptospira were found at titers of greater than or equal to 1:100 in 150 of 501 (29.9%) vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus) bled within 1 mo of capture in Barbados.
(9) The Stokes' radii were 32A, 34A, and 33A for vervet monkey, baboon, and human CG, respectively.
(10) We have examined the specific 3H-ketanserin binding in various regions of vervet monkey brain to evaluate the hypothesis that dominant and subordinate vervet monkeys differ in CNS 5-HT2 receptor sites.
(11) Since it can be assumed that the animal surviving challenge with the larger inoculum would have survived the smaller dose, we conclude that the immunization procedure protected half of the vervets that were exposed to challenge.
(12) The amplitudes of the circadian maxima of enzyme activity and serum cortisol levels were significantly greater in vervets than in grivets.
(13) Reactivities of some monoclonal antibodies to human lymphocyte surface antigens were tested on vervet monkey peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), using flow cytometry and immunoperoxidase techniques.
(14) In order to trace possible accumulations of mercury, three vervet monkeys received occlusal amalgam fillings, three others maxillary bone implants of amalgam, and three untreated monkeys served as controls.
(15) The effect of delayed replantation and tissue culture as a prevention against root resorption was examined in green Vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops).
(16) Thus the quadrupedal and bipedal abilities of the vervet monkey was reflected in the structure of its brachial plexus.
(17) Accommodative responses to intramuscular pilocarpine were determined in four surgically aniridic vervet monkeys, before and after eight weeks of daily unilateral topical treatment with echothiophate iodide.
(18) Forty-two permanent incisors were extracted from green vervet monkeys and cultivated in Eagle's medium at 37 degrees C using the following culture methods: 1. teeth placed at the bottom of the culture flask; 2. teeth placed in an upright position in the culture flask and supported by an open glass cylinder; 3. teeth placed in an upright position in the culture flask and supported by a semisolid tissue culture medium.
(19) The microflora in the gastrointestinal tracts of wild vervet and samango monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops and C. mitis, respectively) were studied, using fermentation acid analysis, electron microscopy, and culturing methods.
(20) To determine whether apoSAA induction resulted in a displacement of indigenous HDL protein or a change in the subfraction distribution of HDL, we analyzed the characteristics of HDL subfractions in eight vervet monkeys before and 24 hr after apoSAA induction.