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| Author(s): |
João Luiz Rossi Junior
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2007-03-26 |
| Examining board members: |
Marco Antonio Gioso;
Denise Tabacchi Fantoni;
Tarcizio Antonio Rego de Paula;
Idercio Luiz Sinhorini;
Erika Hingst Zaher
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| Advisor: | Marco Antonio Gioso |
| Abstract | |
Two jaguars (Panthera onca) and one puma (Puma concolor) proceeding from nature and 44 sincraniuns of the same species. These animals of free wildlife had been captured respectively in the Amazonia (South of Pará), in Atlantic Forest (Zona da Mata de Minas Gerais) and in the south Pantanal (Mato Grosso do Sul). The animals had been evaluated after injectable general anesthesia, general physical examination, physical examination of the oral cavity, documentation of the clinical findings in dental-charts and photograph. The two jaguars presented some type of disease in the oral cavity varying from mild degree according to the function of the stomatognathic system severe degree (dental wearing, dental trauma and periodontal disease), which can lead the individual to have its homeostasis and possibly the of predatory behavior altered. The puma captured in the Pantanal did not present macrocospic injuries that could compromise the function and healthiness of the stomatognathic system. After the examinatis, all the animals were released in the same local of the capture. 17 sincraniuns (skull + jaw) of Panthera onca had were evaluated and 27 of Puma concolor, all animals were collected in the nature through decades, from different Brazilian biomas and kept in the collection of Mastozoology of the Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo (MZUSP). Some evidences of injuries in the stomatognathic system were verified involving alveolar teeth, bones, zigomatic arch, nasal bones, frontals and palatine bones. All these variables occurred while the animal, forcing the individuals to adapt themselves to these conditions until the formation of reparative processes. Such findings possible were not the cause of death of the animals. (AU) | |