OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical indexes of rhesus monkeys which were immunized by bovine type Ⅱ collagen.METHODS Six monkeys were injected subcutaneously with 1. 5 mg per animal by bovine type Ⅱ collagen. Body weight,body temperature and biochemistry markers were detected,and the symptoms of each monkey were scored every day. Four limbs of each monkey were detected by X-ray after the 4th weeks and 8th weeks. RESULTS One in six monkeys was acute phase response animal( CRP > 50 mg·L-1,the first week). 3 m...