{"56461":{"#nid":"56461","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Zoo Atlanta gorilla takes own blood pressure","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EConsider this a new twist on the phrase \u201ca trained monkey could do that.\u201d In this case, actually, it\u2019s a trained gorilla. Ozzie, the oldest of Zoo Atlanta\u2019s 22 gorillas, has learned to take his blood pressure. It seems that heart disease is the main killer of gorillas in captivity. So Zoo Atlanta entered into a partnership with the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University to come up with a way to get blood pressure readings from the animals while they are awake.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBiomedical engineering students at Georgia Tech developed the \u201cGorilla Tough Cuff,\u201d and Zoo Atlanta became the first place in the world to do the awake readings. More time is needed before veterinarians establish the normal blood pressure range for adult male gorillas.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/lifestyle\/zoo-atlanta-gorilla-takes-216083.html\u0027\u003ERead Full Article\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Consider this a new twist on the phrase \u201ca trained monkey could do that.\u201d In this case, actually, it\u2019s a trained gorilla. Ozzie, the oldest of Zoo Atlanta\u2019s 22 gorillas, has learned to take his blood pressure. It seems that heart disease is the main killer of gorillas in captivity. So Zoo Atlanta entered into a partnership with the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University to come up with a way to get blood pressure readings from the animals while they are awake.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Zoo Atlanta partners with Georgia Tech\u0027s BME Dept."}],"uid":"27349","created_gmt":"2009-11-30 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:11","author":"Floyd Wood","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-11-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-11-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"56462":{"id":"56462","type":"image","title":"Ozzie..Zoo Atlanta","body":null,"created":"1449175653","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:47:33","changed":"1475894501","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:41","alt":"Ozzie..Zoo Atlanta","file":{"fid":"190477","name":"tcw52311.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tcw52311_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tcw52311_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7614,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tcw52311_0.jpg?itok=jLUV8Ism"}}},"media_ids":["56462"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"249","name":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"6765","name":"zoo atlanta"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EFloyd Wood\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIBB\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=fwood3\u0022\u003EContact Floyd Wood\u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["floyd.wood@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}