INTESTINAL MICROBIOTE IN AGOUTIS BRED IN CAPTIVITY

Authors

  • Fabrício Singaretti Oliveira Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil
  • Danila Fernanda Rodrigues Frias
  • Dora Inês Kozusny-Andreani
  • Leandro Luís Martins
  • Aline Delfini
  • Gilson Hélio Toniollo

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Abstract

Intestines are colonized by microorganisms, which vary according to the species and the intestinal region. Thus, due the lack of information about this subject in literature, this research was developed for better knowing some aspects of the intestinal microbiology of the agouti, considered one of the biggest Brazilian wild rodents. Three males and three not pregnant adult females, belonging to the Catanduva City Zoo, SP, went through laparotomy after anesthesia. Samples were collected with sterile swab in the medium thirds of the jejune, cecum and greater colon after enterotomy. They were cultivated in Sabouraud agar and in TSA (triptone-soy agar). In the jejune, the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli was of 83.33%, Salmonella spp. of 66.67% and Clostridium spp. of 50.00% of the samples. In the cecum, they were identified Staphylococcus aureus in 33.33%, Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp. and Clostridium spp. in 100% and Streptococcus spp. in 16.67% of the samples were identified. In the greater colon, the growth of Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli and Clostridium spp. in 66.67%, Staphylococcus aureus in 83.33%, and Streptococcus spp. in 16.67% of the samples was observed, showing the occurrence of variations in the bacteriae proportion according to the intestinal region. 

KEY WORDS: Dasyprocta azarae, intestines, microbiote.

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Published

2009-07-03

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OLIVEIRA, Fabrício Singaretti; FRIAS, Danila Fernanda Rodrigues; KOZUSNY-ANDREANI, Dora Inês; MARTINS, Leandro Luís; DELFINI, Aline; TONIOLLO, Gilson Hélio. INTESTINAL MICROBIOTE IN AGOUTIS BRED IN CAPTIVITY. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 10, n. 2, p. 660–662, 2009. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1089. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2009)

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