Glucose regulation in captive Pongo pygmaeus abeli, P. p. pygmaeus, andP. p. abeli x P. p. pygmaeus orangutans

Abstract 10.1002/1098-2361(2000)19:33.3.CO;2-D Intravenous glucose tolerance tests (IVGTT) were performed on 30 anesthetized, captive Sumatran (Pongo pygmaeus abeli), Bornean (P. p. pygmaeus), and hybrid (P. p. ablie x P. p. pygmaeus) orangutans, and fasted blood samples were taken from two additional juvenile orangutans in 11 U.S. zoos from 1989 to 1997. The age range of animals […]