Avaliação da ultrassonografia abdominal de tamanduás-bandeira (Mymercophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758) mantidos em cativeiro

Abstract

Ultrasonography is a method of non- invasive imaging and an important tool for diagnosing a variety of animal diseases. In this paper the technique of transabdominal ultrasonography in five anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), two males and three females, belonging to the Federal University of Mato Grosso Zoo and accompanied the necropsy kind ofa copyof this. The Zoo animals were anesthetized with tiletamine and zolazepan (Zoletil®) and maintained with isoflurane. Multifrequency transducer scans of the liver, gallbladder, stomach, intestines, spleen, kidneys, bladder and genital tract were performed. There are similarities between the splenic architecture, the liver texture and echogenicity and the gallbladder ultrassonografic position and appearance when compared to the domestic dogs. Differences also exist as renal and testes location, stomach wall thickness and presence of free anechoic fluid among the stomach, spleen and left kidney in all animals studied.