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Year 2015 - Volume 35, Number 11
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Ultrasound in anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758) in captivity, 35(11):919-924
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ABSTRACT.- Lopes E.R., Morgado T.O., Meireles Y.S., Jorge A.A., Zago A.A.Q., Corrêa S.H.R., Paz R.C.R. & Néspoli P.B. 2015. [Ultrasound in anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758) in captivity.] Ultrassonografia abdominal de tamanduás-bandeira (Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758) mantidos em cativeiro. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 35(11):919-924. Setor de Diagnóstico por Imagem, Faculdade de Agronomia, Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa 2367, Bairro Boa Esperança, Cuiabá, MT 78060-900, Brazil. E-mail: nespoli@ufmt.br
Ultrasonography is a method of non-invasive imaging and an important tool for diagnosing a variety of animal diseases. In this paper the technique of transabdominal ultrasonography in five anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), two males and three females, belonging to the Federal University of Mato Grosso Zoo and a necropsy of an animal dead for natural cause were performed. The Zoo animals were anesthetized with tiletamine and zolazepan (Zoletil®) and maintained with isoflurane. Linear multifrequency transducer (LA 332) of the 3.0 to 11 MHz scans of the liver, gallbladder, stomach, spleen, kidneys, bladder and testes. There are similarities between the splenic architecture, the liver texture and echogenicity and the gallbladder ultrassonografic position and appearance when compared to the canines. Differences exist as renal and testes location, stomach wall thickness and presence of free anechoic fluid among the stomach, spleen and left kidney in all animals studied. |
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