BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BLOOD SERA IN DOMINANT AND SUBORDINATE RHESUS MONKEY MALES
Study of relationship between the biochemical characteristics of blood serum from rhesus monkeys and their social rank was carried out. Some biochemical characteristics, first of all the content of urea and creatinine, the activity of aspartateaminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase were positively correlated with a relative rank of males, and negatively - with their weight. The body weight of dominant males was significantly lower than that of subordinate males. The data obtained show a significant variation in the characteristics of biochemical metabolism in subordinate and dominant males whose origin is determined by the features of feeding of high and low rank males, as well as by different level of stress experienced by the animals with different social rank.