Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) were bred at the Primate Center TNO, Rijswijk, The Netherlands!. Both male and female animals were used for the experiments. The monkeys weighed 2.5-4 kg and were 2-4 years old at the time of the experiment. They were all typed for RhLA-A, -B and -DR antigens, as described2. Furthermore, all animals used in this study were seronegative for Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SlY) , as tested at the Virus Reference Laboratory, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A. Leukocyte counts, differential counts, red blood cell counts, hemoglobin levels, hematocrit values, thrombocyte counts and reticulocyte counts were determined as described in section 2.10. Only monkeys with normal values for those parameters were used for the experiments described in this thesis.

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Wielenga, J. (1990, March 21). Hemopoietic stem cells in rhesus monkeys : surface antigens, radiosensitivity, and responses to GM-CSF. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/50871