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Radiographic pelvimetry in pacas (Agouti paca, Linnaeus, 1766): study in 12th and 24th month-old animals

Grant number: 15/07073-9
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
Start date: June 01, 2015
End date: November 30, 2015
Field of knowledge:Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Clinics and Surgery
Principal Investigator:Fabrício Singaretti de Oliveira
Grantee:Nathalia Franzoni Smargiassi
Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The pelvimetry is the metric determination of the pelvic dimensions and its use is directly connected with reproduction. In pacas, the pelvis is tight, elongated and in 5 diameters, radiographically analyzed, in up to 12-month old animals, 3 of them (longitudinal, coxal, and acetabular) presented crescent and different values in almost all of the time. The aim of this research is to perform, through radiography, pelvimetry in animals between 12th and 24th month-old animals, as for as the longitudinal, coxal and acetabular diameters, which did not reach stable values through the first year of live-in pacas, the second-largest Brazilian rodent, and an animal that has gained recent great scientific interest in many studies. Then, 8 animals will be evaluated with radiographs every month from 12th and 24th months of life, or until those diameters reach stable values for, at least, 4 months in a roll.

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
N.F. SMARGIASSI; I.C.C. LIPPI; R.G.S. OLIVEIRA; M.R.F. MACHADO; T.H.C. SASAHARA; C.C.C. SANTOS; F.S. OLIVEIRA. Pelvimetria radiográfica em pacas de 0 a 24 meses de idade (Agouti paca, Linnaeus, 1766). Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, v. 71, n. 4, p. 1293-1298, . (13/25975-4, 15/07073-9)