Vasectomy in spotted paca (Cuniculus paca)
Barros, Felipe Farias Pereira da Câmara; Teixeira, Pedro Paulo Maia; Conceição, Maria Eduarda Basto Andrade Moutinho da; Uscategui, Ricardo Andres Ramirez; Coutinho, Leandro Nassar; Brito, Marina Botelho Soares; Kawanami, Aline Eyko; Vicente, Wilter Ricardo Russiano.
Acta sci. vet. (Online);
44(supl): 01-04, 2016. ilus
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em Inglês
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Background: Cuniculus paca is the second largest neotropical rodent. It is not endangered, but your habitat has been destroyed and the specie has been hunted, because of its prized meat. In this context captive breeding is an alternative to reduce the hunt. Then, adult male vasectomy is an interesting alternative for Cuniculus paca since the animal does not lose libido and maintain cyclicity of females into the enclosure. This technique is a method of sterilization which the vas deferens is surgically clamped, cut, or otherwise sealed and thus prevents the release of sperm when a male ejaculates. The aim of this study was to describe the vasectomy technique on a male spotted paca kept in captive. Case: A captive adult male of Cuniculus paca, lived in Brazilian wild fauna breeding for scientific research. It was maintained on precinct with no other animal, ate fruits, vegetables, tubers and rodent chow and water offered ad libitum. It was submitted to bilateral vasectomy to maintain reproductive behavior on bevy, but not impregnate females. The anaesthesia was performed using ketamine hydrochloride (25 mg/kg IM) and midazolam (0.5 mg/kg IM) as premedication, and isoflurane in open system by facemask diluted in 100% O2 for induction and maintenance. Immediately after induction, was performed epidural anesthesia using 4 mg/kg of lidocaine hydrochloride without vasoconstrictor [...](AU)
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