{"title":"Pregnancy complications in wild vervet monkeys in an urban mosaic landscape","authors":"Kerushka R. Pillay, Colleen T. Downs","doi":"10.1111/aje.13251","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Vervet monkeys (<i>Chlorocebus pygerythrus</i>) are a widespread, typically seasonally breeding African primate. We report pregnancy complications in wild females in the urban mosaic landscape of Durban, South Africa, that required admittance to a wildlife rehabilitation centre. We found pregnancy complications in 13 female vervet monkey adults and subadults, with most cases (69.2%) in spring. Dystocia (difficult or obstructed labour) was the main cause of admission (46.2%), and in 69.2% of cases, a veterinarian attended to the animal. However, most pregnancy complications resulted in death (86.6%). Concerns about increased anthropogenic food causing increased birth size need further investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":7844,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aje.13251","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"African Journal of Ecology","FirstCategoryId":"93","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aje.13251","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ECOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) are a widespread, typically seasonally breeding African primate. We report pregnancy complications in wild females in the urban mosaic landscape of Durban, South Africa, that required admittance to a wildlife rehabilitation centre. We found pregnancy complications in 13 female vervet monkey adults and subadults, with most cases (69.2%) in spring. Dystocia (difficult or obstructed labour) was the main cause of admission (46.2%), and in 69.2% of cases, a veterinarian attended to the animal. However, most pregnancy complications resulted in death (86.6%). Concerns about increased anthropogenic food causing increased birth size need further investigation.
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African Journal of Ecology (formerly East African Wildlife Journal) publishes original scientific research into the ecology and conservation of the animals and plants of Africa. It has a wide circulation both within and outside Africa and is the foremost research journal on the ecology of the continent. In addition to original articles, the Journal publishes comprehensive reviews on topical subjects and brief communications of preliminary results.