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| Prazeres, R.F. | |
| Avalia‡Æo das afec‡äes odontol¢gicas em pequenos fel¡deos neotropicais mantidos em cativeiro | |
| 2014 Full Book | |
There were studied 50 adult small neotropical felids (25 males and 25 females) from four species - 15 _Leopardus pardalis_, 15 _Leopardus tigrinus_, 10 _Leopardus wiedii_ and 10 _Puma yagouaroundi_ from four zoological collections of the State of SÆo Paulo, Brazil. The objective was to identify macroscopic dental changes, divided into four groups: 1. variations, anomalies and missing teeth; 2. periodontal disease; 3. trauma; 4. resorptive lesions. It was found that such changes are frequent, even in asymptomatic animals, and halitosis is apparently the most common clinical manifestation. Among the changes, periodontal disease (88.0%) was the most prevalent, with dental calculus and gingivitis as major clinical findings, affecting mainly the vestibular surface of the maxillary teeth. The second group of higher prevalence dental findings was trauma (66.0%), mainly observed in _Leopardus pardalis_ and _Puma yagouaroundi_ - mainly tooth abrasion, with prevalence of canine teeth. Dental absence was the most prevalent finding in the group of variations, anomalies and missing teeth (54.0%), predominating absence of right medial incisor, second right premolar, upper left incisors and lower right and left canine teeth, with major frequency in _Puma yagouaroundi_. Resorptive lesions were less prevalent (10.0%), being mainly observed in premolars and mandibular molars. |
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