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
Rok vydání: 2017
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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