BIOMETRY OF PACA NEWBORNS BRED IN CAPTIVITY(AGOUTI PACA, LINNAEUS, 1766)

Authors

  • Fabrício Singaretti de Oliveira
  • Márcia Rita Fernandes Machado
  • Júlio Carlos Canola
  • Mauro Henrique Bueno de Camargo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v8i4.2710

Keywords:

Biometria, Paca

Abstract

Biometry provides important data on weight and length of wild animal newborns. After ultrasound pregnancy detection, 22 female pacas were separated in individual bails and kept until weaning of newborns. Newborns were measured with a metric tape (between the tips of the muzzle rostrally and the tail distally) and weighted in a digital weight scale. Considering males and females, the average newborn length (average length ± standard deviation) was 33.37 ± 0.57cm. Among males, the average weight was 33.30 ± 0.52 cm and among females 33.45 ± 0.62cm. Considering males and females, newborns weighted (average weight ± standard deviation) 741.14 ± 51.23g. Among males, average weight was 717.75 ± 49.06g and among females 764.53 ± 53.40g. Female newborns are higher and heavier than males, but averages of weight and length of males and females did not differ themselves by the Tukey test (P<0.05).

Key-words: Agouti paca, biometry, newborns.

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Published

2007-12-10

How to Cite

OLIVEIRA, F. S. de; MACHADO, M. R. F.; CANOLA, J. C.; CAMARGO, M. H. B. de. BIOMETRY OF PACA NEWBORNS BRED IN CAPTIVITY(AGOUTI PACA, LINNAEUS, 1766). Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 8, n. 4, p. 863–865, 2007. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v8i4.2710. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/2710. Acesso em: 21 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 4 (2007)

Section

Nota Científica

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