A 4 1/2 month pregnant monkey (the equivalent to 7 months in human terms), has its foetus operated on to create a condition that occurs in human babies - the short bowel syndrome, for later study under laboratory conditions. When the baby monkey was born there was virtually no scar tissue, and the foetus had replaced enough of the removed bowel to survive.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
003889
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Animal experimentation
Animals & Wildlife → Animals - Infancy
Animals & Wildlife → Biological research
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Animal experimentation
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Operations - Surgical
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Prenatal care
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Surgery
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biological laboratories
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)