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The lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) is a large mammal that inhabits forested areas with abundance of water. It is well represented species in zoos and rescue centers and is easily adapted to the artificial environment. The most common veterinary problems in tapirs appear in skin, eye, musculoskeletal system and, to a lesser occurrence, teeth. The objective of this report is to present a case of osteosynthesis in the upper jaw of a seven-year-old male tapir, kept under human care in a zoo, with fracture of the rostral maxillary portion. The methodology of choice for the treatment was interdental fixation with steel wire, for coaptation of the fracture fragments, followed by splinting to stabilize the fracture foci. The diet was modified, to avoid overloading the masticatory force during the bone healing process. After 120 days, the animal underwent a new anesthesia for radiographic evaluation and removal of the osteosynthesis implants, showing good recovery and being incorporated into the group.

Fraturas dentárias são enfermidades de alta prevalência entre os carnívoros selvagens, principalmente em animais cativos. Esse tipo de afecção é comum em grandes felídeos, cujos hábitos e aspectos biológicos contribuem para o traumatismo dentário. A superfície dental é capaz de suportar certo limite fisiológico de atrito e, caso esse limite seja superado, há desgaste excessivo das estruturas dentárias que pode evoluir para fratura. O tratamento preconizado envolve endodontia (tratamento de canal) e prostodontia (restauração coronal). Próteses unitárias são aquelas que restauram a coroa de um dente cuja estrutura fora parcial ou totalmente perdida. Foram cimentadas 19 (N=19) restaurações metálicas fundidas (RMF) com auxílio de cimento resinoso dual, dentre as quais, 14 (73%) mantiveram-se fixas ao dente e 5 (27%) foram perdidas, por um ou mais motivos. Em relação ao sexo, um animal era macho (11%) e os 8 demais eram fêmeas (89%). Dentre as perdas protéticas (5 = 100%), uma (20%) ocorreu em período inferior a um mês e 4 (80%) entre 9 e 14 meses. Destas, uma (20%) ocorreu em função de fratura do remanescente dentário e 4 (80%) não se sabe a causa da perda protética. Dentre as próteses mantidas (14 = 100%), um (7%) dos animais morreu durante o estudo e 13 (93%) mantem-se vivos e com as peças protéticas fixas aos dentes. Quando se trata de animais selvagens, devolver a função é o objetivo mais importante da restauração, objetivo principal deste estudo Dental fractures are highly prevalent among wild carnivores, mainly in captive animals. This type of condition is common in large felids, whose habits and biological aspects contribute to dental trauma. The tooth surface is capable of supporting certain physiological limit of friction, and if this limit is exceeded, there is excessive wear of the dental structures that can lead to fracture. The recommended treatment involves endodontics (root canal treatment) and prosthodontics (coronal restoration). Unitary prostheses are those that restore the crown of a tooth which structure had been partially or completely lost. Among the 19 (N = 19) cemented prostheses in this study with dual ciment, 14 (73%) remained fixed to the tooth and 5 (27%) were lost for one or more reasons. Regarding sex, an animal was male (11%) and 8 others were females (89%). Among the prosthetic losses (5 = 100%), one (20%) occurred in less than one month and 4 (80%) between 9 and 14 months. Of these, one (20%) occurred in the remaining tooth fracture function and 4 (80%) the cause of prosthetic loss was not known. Among the retained prosthesis (14 = 100%), one (7%) of the animals died during the study and 13 (93%) are still alive and the prosthetic pieces still fixed to the teeth. When it comes to wildlife, return the function is the most important goal of the restoration, the main objective of this study

article i nfo The purpose of this study is to characterize the structure of the beak of Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) and to investigate means for arresting fractures in the rhinotheca using acrylic resin. The structure of the rhamphastid bill has been described as a sandwich structured composite having a thin exterior comprised of keratin and a thick foam core constructed of mineralized collagenous rods (trabeculae). The keratinous rhamphotheca consists of superposed polygonal scales (approximately 50 µm in diameter and 1 µm in thickness). In order to simulate the orientation of loading to which the beak is subjected during exertion of bite force, for example, we conducted flexure tests on the dorso-ventral axis of the maxilla. The initially intact (without induced fracture) beak fractured in the central portion when subjected to a force of 270 N, at a displacement of 23 mm. The location of this fracture served as a reference for the fractures induced in other beaks tested. The second beak was fractured and repaired by applying resin on both lateral surfaces. The repaired maxilla sustained a force of 70 N with 6.5 mm deflection. The third maxilla was repaired similarly except that it was conditioned in acid for 60s prior to fixation with resin. It resisted a force of up to 63 N at 6m m of deflection. The experimental results were compared with finite element calculations for unfractured beak in bending configuration. The repaired specimens were found to have strength equal to only one third of the intact beak. Finite element simulations allow visualization of how the beak system (sandwich shell and cellular core) sustains high flexural strength.

Nas intervenções cirúrgicas em quelônios, o acesso à cavidade celomática é geralmente feito através do plastrão, por meio da remoção dos escudos córneos e placas ósseas ventrais com o auxílio de serras (osteotomia). Este acesso mostra-se desvantajoso em função do maior tempo cirúrgico e da intervenção ser bastante traumática e dolorosa para o paciente. Neste trabalho é descrita a técnica cirúrgica de acesso à cavidade celomática (celiotomia) pela fossa pré-femural, permitindo a localização e a tração dos folículos ovarianos por endoscopia e a aplicação de "hemoclips" para a oclusão dos vasos sanguíneos seccionados. O tempo operatório foi reduzido em aproximadamente três horas, em relação à técnica tradicional. Conclui-se que a técnica descrita apresenta vantagens, pois o tempo despendido para o acesso à cavidade celomática, remoção dos folículos e dos ovários, e o retorno anestésico foram sensivelmente diminuídos, havendo recuperação rápida do paciente e retorno às suas atividades normais, o que demonstra ter havido redução considerável na resposta dolorosa pós-cirúrgica. The usual surgical technique for accessing the coelomic cavity of chelonians through the horny shields and bone plates of plastron by using a Dremel machine (plastron osteotomy) is considered slow, traumatic, and very painful for the patient. In this paper a technique of coelioscopic-assisted prefemoral oophorectomy is described in red-eared slider. The time spent on accessing the coelomic cavity, removal of the follicles and ovaries, and anesthetic recovery was markedly decreased (three hours less) in comparison with the traditional technique. The rapid return of the patient to normal activity demonstrates an important reduction in pain at post-surgical recovery. The extra cost resulting of the use of endoscopy and a specialized veterinarian service is clearly justified by the positive results described above.

Objetivou-se estudar a relação biomecânica da aderência de sistemas adesivos sobre o estrato córneo do bico de tucanos-toco (Ramphastos toco), por meio de nove diferentes tipos de adesivos, em áreas pré-estabelecidas de 16,0 mm. Cada sistema foi biomecanicamente testado três vezes, totalizando 27 ensaios biomecânicos. Os ensaios consistiram na análise das forças perpendiculares necessárias para descolar os variados tipos de resina. Após cada ensaio biomecânico, a superfície dos bicos era avaliada em microscopia eletrônica de varredura (MEV), que permitiu mensurar a quantidade de resina remanescente e o eventual rompimento das camadas superficiais de queratina. Os resultados obtidos até a completa ruptura da amostra foram, em média: 2,48 N com o uso de cimento resinoso; 23, 80 N com o uso de cianocrilato cirúrgico; 26,17 N com o uso de prime e bond fotoativado combinado com cimento resinoso; 48,75 N com o uso de resina composta nanoparticulada; 53,86 N com o uso de metil-metacrilato; 55,56 N com o uso de prime e bond fotoativado combinado com resina composta nanoparticulada; 61,11 N com o uso combinado de cianocrilato cirúrgico e metil-metacrilato; 104, 21 N com o uso de prime e bond quimicamente ativado combinado com resina composta nanoparticulada; e 110,48 N com o uso de prime e bond quimicamente ativado combinado com cimento resinoso. Estes últimos, estatisticamente mais eficientes. Microscopicamente observou-se que o uso de prime e bond quimicamente ativado combinado com resina composta nanoparticulada e com o uso de prime e bond quimicamente ativado combinado com cimento resinoso, apontou efetiva aderência a ponto de extrair as camadas superficiais das camadas de queratina após os ensaios, cuja maior aderência atribuiu-se à micro-retentividade do material adesivo às camadas de queratina, obtida pelo uso de primer e bond quimicamente ativados. Concluí-se que os sistemas de prime e bond quimicamente ativado combinado com resina composta nanoparticulada e cimento resinoso apresentam melhor propriedades de aderência e, portanto, indicação clínico-cirúrgica na confecção de próteses e no reparo de bicos de tucano-toco (Ramphastos toco). The objective was to study the biomechanics of the adherence of adhesive systems to the horny stratum of the toucan beak (Ramphastos toco). Nine different types of adhesives were used, in pre-established areas of 16,0 mm. Each system was studied three times, totaling twenty-seven biomechanical essays. The essays consisted of the analysis of the necessary perpendicular forces to remove the adhesives. After each essay, the surface of the beaks was evaluated in electronic microscopy (MEV), which allowed to measure the amount of remaining resin and eventual breaking of the superficial layers of keratin. The results obtained until complete rupture of the sample were, on average: 2,48 N with the use of resinous cement; 23, 80 N with the use of surgical cyanocrylate; 26,17 N with the use of photoactived primer and bond combined with resinous cement; 48,75 N with the use of composite nanoresin; 53,86 N with the use of methyl-metacrylate; 55,56 N with the use of photoactived primer and bond combined with composite nanoresin; 61,11 N with the combined use of surgical cyanocrylate and methyl-metacrylate; 104, 21 N with the use of primer and bond chemically activated combined with composite nanoresin; and 110,48 N with the use primer and bond chemically activated combined with resinous cement. The microscopy evidenced that the use of primer and bond chemically activated combined with composite nanoresin and resinous cement, showed effective adherence to the point of extracting the superficial layers from the keratin layers after the essays. The largest adherence is attributed to the micro-retentivity of the adhesive material to the keratin layers, obtained by the use of primer and bond chemically activated. It was concluded that the systems of primer and bond chemically activated combined with resin and resinous cement present better properties of adherence and, therefore, clinical-surgical indication in the prostheses construction and in beak repair of toucans (Ramphastos toco).

Causes of dental infections can be related to failed dental eruption, malocclusion, abrasion, fractures with or without exposure of the dental pulp, and periodontal disease. Reports of oral myiasis in megavertebrates in captivity are infrequent, perhaps due to the difficulty in observing the oral cavity in such species. This report describes a case of oral myiasis in an adult male hippopotamus in the gingival area and alveolar mucosa of the left mandibular canine tooth.

Esforço de tração foi aplicado perpendicularmente ao eixo do bico e para realização do ensaio foi utilizado um dinamômetro. O bico íntegro fraturou quando submetido a uma tração de 270,40 N, com deslocamento de 22,59mm. Para a fixação dos bicos fraturados foi utilizada resina acrílica e a área compreendeu uma faixa com 2,0 cm de largura. O segundo bico ensaiado apresentou resistência até 69.75 N. O bico submetido a condicionamento ácido resistiu a uma força de 63,29 N. Outros dois novos ensaios foram realizados, preenchendo-se toda a superfície da rinoteca. Aquele não submetido ao condicionamento ácido resistiu até 134,40 N e, aquele submetido ao condicionamento ácido, resistiu até 101,50 N. No presente trabalho não se observou correlação estatística e, conseqüentemente, diferença entre os procedimentos com utilização prévia de condicionamento ácido e aqueles sem a utilização do mesmo. Traction effort was applied perpendicularly to the axis of toucan beaks and for accomplishment of the essay a dynamometer was used. The beak was completely fractured when submitted to traction of 270.40 N. For fixation of the fractured beaks acrylic resin was applied using a strip of 2.0cm of width. The second beak presented resistance up to 69.75 N. The third beak was submitted to acid conditioning and resisted to force of 63.29 N. Other two new tests were accomplished the whole surface of the rhinotheca filled out. The fourth beak was not submitted to the acid attack and it resisted up to 134.40 N, and the fifth was submitted to the acid etch and it resisted up to 101.50 N. The present work did not observe statistical correlation and, consequently, differences among the procedures with previous use of acid attack and those without the use of the same.