PATOLOGIAS DO SISTEMA GENITAL FEMININO DE CATETOS (Tayassu tajacu) CRIADOS EM CATIVEIRO
2007
Jael Soares Batista | Andréia Freitas de Oliveira | Mardem Portela e Vasconcelos Barreto
The aim of this work is to approach the prevalence of pathological alterations of the genital system of anestrous females of collared peccaries (Tayassu tajacu). The genital systems of 14 matrices proceeding from the Centro de Multiplicação de Animais Silvestres - CEMAS, of the Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido - UFERSA , that were without activity breeding for a period above of one year had been studied. After it abates of the animals had been collected the agencies that compose the genital system and lead to the Laboratory of Animal Pathology of the Institution for pathological alterations evaluation. The joined pathologys had been hydrosalpinges and ovarian hypoplasia with four cases each (28.6%),one (6.7%) case of persistent corpus luteum associate to mucometra and 2 (14.3%) cases of ovarian cysts. The pathologys of the genital system of collares peccaries can, in changeable way, to compromise temporary or the fertility permanently, diminishing the reproductive effectiveness, with consequent reduction of the breeding, generating economic losses .
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