Affiliation:
1. Southwest National Primate Research Center San Antonio Texas USA
2. Population Health for Texas Biomedical Research Institute San Antonio Texas USA
3. Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies and Department of Molecular Medicine University of Texas Health San Antonio San Antonio Texas USA
4. Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center South Texas Veterans Health Care System San Antonio Texas USA
5. Department of Psychology Trinity University San Antonio Texas USA
Abstract
AbstractResearchers and veterinarians often use hematology and clinical chemistry to evaluate animal health. These biomarkers are relatively easy to obtain, and understanding how they change across healthy aging is critical to clinical care and diagnostics for these animals. We aimed to evaluate how clinical biomarkers from a chemistry profile and complete blood count (CBC) change with age in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). We assessed blood samples collected during routine physical exams at the Southwest National Primate Research Center and the University of Texas Health San Antonio marmoset colonies from November 2020–November 2021. We found that chemistry and CBC profiles varied based on facility, sex, and age. Significant changes in albumin, phosphorus/creatinine ratio, albumin/globulin ratio, amylase, creatinine, lymphocyte percent, hematocrit, granulocytes percent, lymphocytes, hemoglobin, red cell distribution width, and platelet distribution width were all reported with advancing age. Aged individuals also demonstrated evidence for changes in liver, kidney, and immune system function compared with younger individuals. Our results suggest there may be regular changes associated with healthy aging in marmosets that are outside of the range typically considered as normal values for healthy young individuals, indicating the potential need for redefined healthy ranges for clinical biomarkers in aged animals. Identifying animals that exhibit values outside of this defined healthy aging reference will allow more accurate diagnostics and treatments for aging colonies.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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