Similarities between baboon and human blood clotting

between baboon und human blood clotting. J. Appl. Physiol. 2 I (6): 1713-1716. x966.-Sixteen baboons, eight males and eight females, were used in the examination of the blood clotting mechanism in this animal for the purpose of contrasting these studies with certain human and canine tests. Tests performed included the silicone clotting time, Lee-White clotting time, prothrombin time (one-stage, whole and diluted plasma), prothrombin consumption time, fibrinogen concentration, platelet count with phase microscopy, and tests for profibrino-lysin and fibrinolysin. Results of the clotting tests of the baboon appear to indicate that they closely resemble the results found in man. Only with the accelerated silicone coagulation time, increased Hageman factor activity, and the lack of activation of profibrinolysin by streptokinase did we observe differences in the two species. These findings would suggest that the