TEMPERATURE-METABOLISM RELATIONS IN THE COTTON-TOP TAMARIN (SAGUINUS-OEDIPUS) MODEL FOR ULCERATIVE-COLITIS

Examination of temperature-metabolism relations found no significant d ifferences between thermoregulation of temperature housed laboratory c otton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) and wild tamarins in Colombia, S .A. The results indicate that tamarins do not acclimate to a temperate environment and are metabolically stressed at T(a) less than 32-degre es-C. This is consistent with an hypothesis of chronic metabolic stres s as a factor in the etiology of cotton-top tamarin colitis, which is restricted to captive populations and not found in wild tamarins.