Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (Aug 2021)

Hematological and biochemical profile of captive brown-throated sloths Bradypus variegatus, Schinz 1825, feeding on ambay pumpwood Cecropia pachystachya Trécul 1847

  • M.C. Tschá,
  • G.P. Andrade,
  • P.V. Albuquerque,
  • A.R. Tschá,
  • G.S. Dimech,
  • C.J.F.L. Silva,
  • E.T.N. Farias,
  • M.J.A.A.L. Amorim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4162-12291
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 73, no. 4
pp. 877 – 884

Abstract

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ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to establish reference parameters for the hematological and biochemical levels of five healthy captive sloths of the speciesBradypus variegatus(brown-throated sloth) feeding onCecropia pachystachya(Ambay pumpwood), alternating with a period of free diet in the Dois Irmãos State Park (DISP) Recife, Pernambuco - Brazil.

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