Moderate zinc-iron deprivation influences behavior but not growth in adolescent rhesus monkeys
Journal of Nutrition, The, February, 2000 by Golub, Mari S; Keen, Carl L; Gershwin, Eric
ABSTRACT Primate species demonstrate a prolonged period of development before reproductive maturity that includes distinctive periods of rapid growth in the late fetal, late infancy and early adolescent stages. Rhesus monkeys resemble humans in this discontinuous pattern of growth and also in its relationship to brain development. Studies of zinc deprivation in rhesus monkeys have suggested an important relationship among growth rate, nutrient status and behavioral performance in infancy as well as adolescence. Recently, moderate combined zinc and iron deprivation (intake 0.2 mg Zn and 0.8 mg Fe/d, compared with control intake of 2.9 mg Zn and 1.7 mg Fe/d) during the adolescent growth spurt (29-32 mo of age) of female rhesus monkeys (n = 8/group) was shown to influence behavior...
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