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

Authors

  • Felicianna Clara Fonseca dos Santos Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, Piauí, Brasil
  • Alana Lislea Sousa Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luis, Maranhão, Brasil
  • Antonio Augusto Nascimento Machado Júnior Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, Piauí, Brasil
  • Francisco Carneiro Lima Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luis, Maranhão, Brasil
  • Flávio Ribeiro Alves Universidade de São Paulo(USP), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

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.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2008-07-09

How to Cite

SANTOS, Felicianna Clara Fonseca dos; SOUSA, Alana Lislea; JÚNIOR, Antonio Augusto Nascimento Machado; LIMA, Francisco Carneiro; ALVES, Flávio Ribeiro. 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. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1818. Acesso em: 6 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2008)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

License

Copyright (c) 2008 Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g. in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).