SERIAL ULTRASOUND TO ESTIMATE FETAL GROWTH CURVES IN SOUTHERN TAMANDUA (TAMANDUA TETRADACTYLA)
Autor: | Anneke Moresco, Anne Elise Napier, Sally A. Nofs, Alexis Moreno, Tiffany M. Wolf, Heather Robertson, Margarita Woc Colburn, Rachel Thompson |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
Tamandua
Offspring Biology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Species Specificity Pregnancy biology.animal medicine Animals 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology Ultrasonography Fetus 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Anteater General Veterinary 05 social sciences Tamandua tetradactyla Xenarthra General Medicine Anatomy biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Skull medicine.anatomical_structure Pregnancy Animal Female Animal Science and Zoology |
Zdroj: | Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 48:294-297 |
ISSN: | 1937-2825 1042-7260 |
DOI: | 10.1638/2016-0197r1.1 |
Popis: | From 2012 to 2015, 16 pregnancies were monitored by ultrasonography in nine tamanduas (Tamandua tetradactyla) housed in three zoological facilities. Sonographic measurements were recorded to establish fetal growth curves using thoracic and skull landmarks described for giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla). All pregnancies resulted in the uncomplicated delivery of healthy offspring, thus gestational development was considered normal. These data may be used as a reference for normal fetal development with potential for estimating parturition date in the absence of breeding data. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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