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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prostate. 2008 Oct 1;68(14):1546–1554. doi: 10.1002/pros.20814

Table 1.

Comparison of reproductive organ weights (mean ± SD) of adult cynomologus macaques, rhesus macaques and baboons

Anatomical measurements Cynomologus Macaque (≥ 4 years old) N = 42 Rhesus Macaque (≥ 6 years old) N = 11 Baboons (≥ 6 Years) N = 67 Marmoset (≥ 3 years) N=5
Body weight (kg) 5.815 ± 3.16 10.06 ± 2.04 27.14 ± 4.49 0.29 ± 0.045
Prostate parameters
  Cranial prostate weight (g) 1.73 ± 1.56 3.22 ± 0.63 2.95 ± 1.22 ND
  Caudal prostate weight (g) 1.38 ± 1.09 3.58 ± 1.19 5.33 ± 1.93 ND
  Total prostate weight (g) 2.94 ± 2.37 6.80 ± 1.54 8.28 ± 3.06 0.25 ± 0.09
  Total prostate to body weight ratio (g/kg) 0.51 0.68 0.31 0.86
Testis parameters
  Left testis weight 12.61 ± 11.42 23.76 ± 5.45 33.87 ± 9.88 0.43 ± 0.054
  Right prostate weight 13.23 ± 11.60 24.18 ± 5.66 33.90 ± 10.05 0.40 ± 0.13
  Left testis weight to body weight ratio (g/kg) 2.17 2.36 1.25 1.48
Epididymis parameters
  Left epididymis weight (g) 1.94 ± 1.38 4.27 ± 0.93 5.93 ± 3.02 0.10 ± 0.03
  Right epididymis weight (g) 2.21 ± 1.40 4.36 ± 0.55 6.04 ± 3.27 0.11 ± 0.04
  Left epididymis to body weight ratio 0.33 0.42 0.22 0.34
Seminal vesicle parameters
  Left seminal vesicle weight (g) 3.27 ± 2.76 14.76 ± 7.99 18.82 ± 10.20 ND
  Right seminar vesicle weight (g) 3.48 ± 2.91 16.35 ± 8.69 19.05 ± 10.23 ND
  Seminal vesicle to body weight ratio (g/kg) 0.56 1.47 0.69 ND