Cardiovascular function evaluation of Alouatta guariba in captivity

• Grant number: 14/04909-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: July 01, 2014
• End date: September 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Clinics and Surgery
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Luiz Carlos Vulcano
• Grantee: Murilo Gomes de Soutello Charlier
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Large portion of primates in captivity has die from cardiomyopathy. Studies determining normal cardiac parameters of these animals on our continent are scarce. The number of primates in captivity of Alouatta guariba in Brazil is high, which justifies evaluate the normal cardiovascular function of these species by digital radiography, echocardiography and electrocardiography. The study will be conducted with healthy animals, without prior cardiovascular disease. The animals will undergo general anesthesia for measurement of weight and chest circumference. Then it will be performed cardiac evaluation and blood collection for blood count, liver enzymes and renal function. All data will be stored for later analysis trying to propose parameters for normal cardiac assessment of new world primates bred in captivity. (AU)

Scientific publications

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DE SOUTELLO CHARLIER, MURILO GOMES; FILIPPI, MAURICIO GIANFRANCESCO; GIROTTO, CAROLINA HAGY; RIBEIRO, VANESSA LANES; TEIXEIRA, CARLOS ROBERTO; GOMES LOURENCO, MARIA LUCIA; VULCANO, LUIZ CARLOS. Morphometric and morphologic parameters of the heart in healthy Alouatta guariba clamitans (Cabrera, 1940). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PRIMATOLOGY, v. 47, n. 1, p. 60-66, FEB 2018. (14/04909-6)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

CHARLIER, Murilo Gomes de Soutello. Heart function evaluation of Howler Monkey (Alouatta guariba clamitans) in captivity. 2016. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia. Botucatu Botucatu.