TAURINE DEFICIENCY IN COLLARED-ANTEATER (TAMANDUA TERTRADACTYLA) FED WITH DOGS AND CATS MILK SUBSTITUTES

Authors

  • Marcela Miranda Luppi Fundação Zoo-Botânica de Belo Horizonte
  • Maria Elvira Loyola Teixeira-da-Costa Fundação Zoo-Botânica de Belo Horizonte
  • Marcelo de Campos Cordeiro Malta Fundação Zôo-Botânica de Belo Horizonte
  • Rafael Otávio Cançado Motta Fundação Zôo-Botânica de Belo Horizonte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v9i4.951

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Abstract

 The taurine is a sulphur amino acid that in most of the mammals produced in enough amounts in the liver, from metionine and cysteine, using the enzyme cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylase. However, for felines are considered an essential amino acid, needing to be ingested as a supplement of the organism requirements. For anteaters the condition is not yet elucidated, but these animals have developed disease when fed with diet poor in this amino acid. The most frequent clinical sings observed in cats are dilated cardiomyopathy, retina degeneration, reproductive and development anomalies, increase of plaquetary aggregation, leucopenia and neurological disturbs. In the present case, a hand-hearing of collared-anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) feeding milk substitutes for dogs and cats, presented taurine deficiency, characterized mainly for loss of coats and seizures. The diagnosis was based in reply of the animal to the supplement, after which gad regression of the clinical sings without return.

KEY WORDS: Collared-anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla, taurine.

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Author Biographies

Marcela Miranda Luppi, Fundação Zoo-Botânica de Belo Horizonte

Médica Veterinária da Fundação Zôo-Botânica de Belo Horizonte

Maria Elvira Loyola Teixeira-da-Costa, Fundação Zoo-Botânica de Belo Horizonte

Médica Veterinária da Fundação Zôo-Botânica de Belo Horizonte - Seção de Nutrição

Marcelo de Campos Cordeiro Malta, Fundação Zôo-Botânica de Belo Horizonte

Médico Veterinário da Fundação Zôo-Botânica de Belo Horizonte

Rafael Otávio Cançado Motta, Fundação Zôo-Botânica de Belo Horizonte

Médico Veterinário da Fundação Zôo-Botânica de Belo Horizonte

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Published

2008-12-21

How to Cite

LUPPI, M. M.; TEIXEIRA-DA-COSTA, M. E. L.; MALTA, M. de C. C.; MOTTA, R. O. C. TAURINE DEFICIENCY IN COLLARED-ANTEATER (TAMANDUA TERTRADACTYLA) FED WITH DOGS AND CATS MILK SUBSTITUTES. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 9, n. 4, p. 1004–1009, 2008. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v9i4.951. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/951. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 4 (2008)

Section

Case report

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