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Discovery of os cordis in the cardiac skeleton of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) (2020)
Journal Article
Moittié, S., Baiker, K., Strong, V., Cousins, E., White, K., Liptovszky, M., Redrobe, S., Alibhai, A., Sturrock, C. J., & Rutland, C. S. (2020). Discovery of os cordis in the cardiac skeleton of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Scientific Reports, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66345-7

© 2020, The Author(s). Cardiovascular diseases, especially idiopathic myocardial fibrosis, is one of the most significant causes of morbidity and mortality in captive great apes. This study compared the structure and morphology of 16 hearts from chim... Read More about Discovery of os cordis in the cardiac skeleton of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

Comparison of 25‐hydroxyvitamin D concentration in chimpanzee dried blood spots and serum (2020)
Journal Article
Moittié, S., Graham, P. A., Barlow, N., Dobbs, P., Liptovszky, M., Redrobe, S., & White, K. (2020). Comparison of 25‐hydroxyvitamin D concentration in chimpanzee dried blood spots and serum. Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 49(2), 299-306. https://doi.org/10.1111/vcp.12863

Background
Dried blood spots (DBS) are used in human medicine to measure total 25‐hydroxyvitamin D (25‐OHD) in the blood. However, this easy and affordable sampling technique has not been evaluated in primates to measure vitamin D concentrations.... Read More about Comparison of 25‐hydroxyvitamin D concentration in chimpanzee dried blood spots and serum.