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迄今为止,黑猩猩是唯一能重复验证其对非甲非乙型(NANB)肝炎易感的灵长类动物,由于它们供应短缺,饲养费用昂贵,阻碍了对NANB肝炎感染性因子的大规模研究。为此,作者对树鼩(Treeshrew)是否可能作为一种替代的动物模型作了研究。树鼩大小如大鼠,兼具灵长类及食虫类动物的特性,属半猿类。由于它们体型小及繁殖率高,便引人注目地成为潜在的医学研究的实验动物模型。在Batelle研究所,已证明它们可应用于病毒学及胆石症研究、显微解剖和其它领域。
To date, chimpanzees are the only primates that can be repeatedly tested for their susceptibility to non-A, non-B hepatitis (NANB) hepatitis, which is costly to raise because of their short supply, hindering large-scale studies of NANB hepatitis infectious agents. To this end, the authors study whether tree shrews may be an alternative animal model. Trees, such as rat size, both primate and insectivorous animal characteristics, is a semi-ape. Due to their small size and high reproductive rate, they are attracting attention as potential experimental animal models for medical research. At the Batelle Institute, it has been demonstrated that they can be used in virology and cholelithiasis research, microdissection and other fields.