Mophologic Analysis of the teeth and his relation with the slaughter age of buffalos

Authors

  • Felicianna Clara Fonseca dos Santos Universidade Federal do Paiuí
  • Alana Lislea Sousa Universidade Estadual do Maranhão
  • Antonio Augusto Nascimento Machado Júnior Universidade Federal do Paiuí
  • Francisco Carneiro Lima Universidade Estadual do Maranhão
  • Flávio Ribeiro Alves Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v9i2.1818

Keywords:

Anatomia, búfalos, dentes, abate

Abstract

t was evaluated to the morphology of the incisors teeth of 100 buffaloes of slaughterhouses in Sao Luiz, seeking to relate them with your age of slaughter. The dental arches of the buffalos were taken to the laboratory of Anatomy/UEMA, for analysis of the incisors teeth. The results showed that the incisors teeth was composed for 4 pair, disposed in semicircle, denominated of 1ts, 2nd, 3rt and 4th pairs of incisors teeth (tweezers, first medium, seconds medium and songs). It was evidenced two teethings, deciduous and definitive, with forms and varied sizes, and variables levels of dental wear and tear, besides the presence of longitudinal grooves in the surface of the deciduous and definitive teeth with coloration varying from brown clear to darkness. With the dental analysis it was possible to distinguish five groups of animals that are depressed in the Maranhão and the group of smaller animals than 2.5 years and larger than 5.5 years were the more frequently observed. After morphologic and chronological evaluation of the incisors teeth of buffaloes, it was conclude that the buffaloes present a dental morphology similar the others ruminants and that, in function of the dental observation, the depressed buffaloes in Maranhão don’t follow pattern defined for discard.

KEY WORD: Anatomy, buffaloes, teeth, slaughter.

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Author Biography

Antonio Augusto Nascimento Machado Júnior, Universidade Federal do Paiuí

Graduado em Medicina Veterinária pela Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (2003), possui Mestrado em Ciência Animal pela Universidade Federal do Piauí (2006). Atualmente é professor efetivo da Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Professora Cinobilina Elvas, Bom Jesus-PI, responsável pela disciplina Anatomia Descritiva Animal do Curso de Medicina Veterinária. É pesquisador/aluno de Pós-graduação (Doutorado em Ciência Animal) da Universidade Federal do Piauí. Tem experiência na área de Medicina Veterinária, com ênfase em morfologia, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Morfologia macro e microscópica, morfologia de animais silvestres e morfofisiologia do sistema reprodutor de ruminantes.

Published

2008-07-09

How to Cite

SANTOS, F. C. F. dos; SOUSA, A. L.; MACHADO JÚNIOR, A. A. N.; LIMA, F. C.; ALVES, F. R. Mophologic Analysis of the teeth and his relation with the slaughter age of buffalos. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 9, n. 2, p. 506–511, 2008. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v9i2.1818. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1818. Acesso em: 25 jul. 2024.

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Section

Veterinary Medicine