HEMATOLOGY AND SERUM CHEMISTRY IN THE WHITE-CROWNED MANGABEY (CERCOCEBUS-TORQUATUS LUNULATUS) AND IN THE MANDRILL (MANDRILLUS-SPHINX)

Reference values of some hematologic and plasma chemical parameters we re established in two species of clinically normal Cercopithecidae. Th e following variables were studied in seven mandrills (Mandrillus sphi nx) and nine white-crowned mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus lunulatus): hematocrit, hemoglobin concentration, erythrocyte and leucocyte count s, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscu lar hemoglobin concentration, glucose, urea, uric acid, cholesterol, c reatinine, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, alkal ine phosphatase, creatinine phosphokinase, lactic dehydrogenase, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase, total serum proteins, albumin, globulins, al bumin-globulin ratio, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, total pho sphorus, chloride, and serum osmolality. Few differences were observed when compared with human hematological data and with other species of Cercopithecidae Primates.