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| Rossi Junior, J.L.; Gioso, M.A.; da Silva, J.C.R.; Marvulo, M.F.V. | |
| Prevalˆncia de maloclusÆo em _Panthera onca_ e _Puma concolor_ mantidas em cativeiro no Estado de SÆo Paulo | |
| 2003 Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science (40): 155-160 | |
The development of the dentistry was delayed in the preventive internal in wild animals. Some international papers regarding wild animal dentistry already had been carried through with animals originary from captivity and free life of some species of diverse geographic distributions, but not specific to the great neotropical felines (_Panthera onca_ and _Puma concolor_). It was the aim of this paper to survey the prevalence of maloclusion in neotropical felines in the institutions visited in the State of SÆo Paulo. For the study we used a sample of 42 jaguars (_Panthera onca_) and 36 pumas (_Puma concolor_), totalizing seventy and eight 78 animals, proceeding from 18 institutions of such species in captivity in the State of SÆo Paulo. All animals had been examined, when it was observed if the occlusion was in accordance with the normal for the species. The teeth had been identified one by one, examined directly by means of dental explorer. The maloclusion was present in 47.61% (20 cases) in _Panthera onca_ and two individuals of _Puma concolor_ (5.55.00%). The animals with maloclusions apparently did not have problems of food apprehension or chewing ability, even though they presented in the region of teeth with more reduced interproximal space, thus plaque the lack of removal of this plaque can provoke oral problems. |
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