Hematologic Values of the Panamanian Marmoset (Saguinus geoffroyi)

SUMMARY Hematologic values were determined for Panamanian marmosets (Saguinus geoffroyi) according to sex and by time of collection of blood samples. According to collection times, data were put into 3 groups: at time of arrival of marmosets at laboratory (shortly after capture); during maintenance in the laboratory in 1967 (marmosets were fed mainly a noncommercial ration); and during maintenance in the laboratory in 1968 (marmosets were fed a commercially supplemented ration). Mean erythrocyte count, packed cell volume, and hemoglobin concentration in female marmosets maintained during 1967 were significantly less (P < 0.01) than the respective values in female marmosets just arriving at the laboratory. In male marmosets, only mean erythrocyte count and packed cell volume were similarly decreased during the given times.