Pair-housing and initial SIV infection in adult male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) (2007)

Cox , L. D., Baker, K. C., Doyle, L. A.

Abstract

Levels of contact affiliation almost doubled in all four subjects in the immediate post-inoculation period. Body temperature and contact affiliation remained elevated in the subsequent two-week period. Contact aggression was not recorded during the first month after inoculation. Preliminary data suggest that compatible pairs of adult male rhesus macaques can remain stable during periods of actue illness in both partners