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A truck carrying 21 Rhesus macaques crashed in Mississippi, leaving three monkeys still missing.

Tulane University said it had no connection to the transport but assisted in the response.

Officials confirmed the monkeys were disease-free despite earlier reports.

JASPER COUNTY, Miss. - Tulane University in Louisiana has released updated information after a truck carrying monkeys crashed in Mississippi , causing some animals to escape and be euthanized while three remain on the loose.

The primates were originally thought to have carried infectious diseases such as hepatitis C, herpes and COVID, but the Jasper County Sheriff's Office later retracted that statement, saying the monkeys were not infectious.

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