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MEDVEP. Rev. cient. Med. Vet.; 7(23): 542-545, out.-dez.2009. tab

Artigo em Português | VETINDEX | ID: vti-1499

Resumo

O estudo teve como objetivo demonstrar os valores hematológicos de cutias (Dasyprocta sp.) criadas em cativeiro no nordeste do Brasil. Foram utilizadas 20 cutias, sendo onze fêmeas (seis jovens e cinco adultas) e nove machos (quatro jovens e cinco adultos). Todos os animais eram oriundos do Centro de Multiplicação de Animais Silvestres da Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido. Foram colhidos 4mL de sangue da veia femoral e acondicionados em frascos contendo EDT A. Encaminharam-se as amostras ao laboratório para realização de hemograma, seguindo as técnicas usuais. Os resultados foram compa¬rados em função do sexo e idade e analisados pelo teste de Tukey (P The study aimed to demonstrate the hematological values of agoutis (Dasyprocta sp.) bred in cap¬tivity in Brazil' s northeast. Twenty agoutis were used, being eleven females (six young ones and five adults), and nine males (four young ones and five adults). AlI animals were from the Multipli¬cation Center of Wild Animals of the Rural Federal University of the Semiarid. Four ml of blood were collected from the femoral vein and stored in tubes containing EDT A. The samples were sent to the laboratory for complete blood count, following the usual techniques. The results were compared considering sex and age, and analyzed by the Tukey test (P <0.05). The total number of erythrocytes and mean corpuscular volume did not differ between groups. For adult females, hemoglobin level was lower when compared to young males, and the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin was reduced compared to young animals of both sexes. The hematocrit was high in adults. For the WBC (white blood cells) count, no differences between groups were observed. As for platelets, there was superiority in young females. The results may serve as a basis to establish hematological references to agoutis of Brazil' s northeast(AU)

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