Pathology of Free-Ranging and Captive Brazilian Anteaters

Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T12:23:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-10-01 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) There is little information on the anatomical pathology of Brazilian anteaters. Considering the relevance of knowledge of diseases of these species for their conservation, the aim of this study was to describe pathological changes in 99 captive and free-ranging anteaters from the Brazilian states of sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Mato Grosso do Sul and Amazonas. Forty-two animals were killed on roads and 10 died from burns injuries. Other significant conditions included the metabolic diseases of iron storage disease, tissue mineralization and taurine deficiency, protozoan and metazoan infections, candidiasis, sporotrichosis, clostridiosis and proliferative disorders including squamous cell carcinoma. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Escola Vet, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil Vet Pathol Serv Joint Pathol Ctr, Silver Spring, MD USA Univ Estadual Santa Cruz, Ilheus, BA, Brazil Fundacao Parques Municipais & Zoobot Belo Horizon, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Inst Ciencias Biol, Dept Parasitol, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Ciencias Agr & Vet, Dept Med Vet Prevent & Reprod Anim, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Ciencias Agr & Vet, Dept Patol Vet, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Ciencias Agr & Vet, Dept Med Vet Prevent & Reprod Anim, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Ciencias Agr & Vet, Dept Patol Vet, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil