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Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates: Second Revised Edition, 2003
TABLE A-2 Weight Equivalents
1lb= 453.6 g = 0.4356 kg = 16 oz
1oz= 28.35 g
1kg= 1,000 g = 2.2046 lb
1g= 1,000 mg
1mg= 1,000 µg = 0.001 g
1 µg = 0.001 mg = 0.000001 g
1 µg·g-1 = 1mg·kg-1 = 1 part per million (ppm)
TABLE A-3 Weight-unit Conversion Factors
Units given
Units wanted
For conversion multiply by
Lb
g
453.6
Lb
kg
0.4536
Oz
g
28.35
Kg
lb
2.2046
Kg
mg
1,000,000.0
Kg
g
1,000.0
G
mg
1,000.0
G
µg
1,000,000.0
Mg
µg
1,000.0
Mg·g-1
mg·lb-1
453.6
Mg·kg-1
mg·lb-1
0.4536
µg·kg-1
µg·lb-1
0.4536
Mcal
kcal
1,000.0
Kcal
kJ
4.184
KJ
kcal
0.239
Kcal·kg-1
kcal·lb-1
0.4536
Kcal·lb-1
kcal·kg-1
2.2046
Ppm
µg·g-1
1.0
Ppm
mg·kg-1
1.0
Ppm
mg·lb-1
0.4536
Mg·kg-1
%
0.0001
Ppm
%
0.0001
Mg·g-1
%
0.1
g·kg-1
%
0.1
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Groves, C. 2001. Primate Taxonomy. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Napier, J.R., and P.H. Napier. 1985. The Natural History of the Primates. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Nowak, R.M. 1999. Walker’s Mammals of the World, 6th ed. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Oates, J.F., A.G. Davies, and E. Delson. 1989. The diversity of living colobines. Pp. 45-73 in Colobine Monkeys: Their Ecology, Behaviour, and Evolution, A.G. Davis and J.F. Oates, Eds. New York: Cambridge University Press.