Abstract:
In order to determine if the absence of vitamin C in the diet of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) causes scurvy, a group of seven young individuals were fed food pellets without ascorbic acid, while another group of eight individuals received the same food with 1 g of ascorbic acid per animal per day. Animals in the first group developed signs of scurvy-like gingivitis, breaking of the incisors and death of one animal. Clinical signs appeared between 25 and 104 days from the beginning of the trial in all individuals. Growth rates of individuals deprived of vitamin C was considerably less than those observed in the control group. Deficiency of ascorbic acid had a severe effect on reproduction of another population of captive capybaras. We found that the decrease in ascorbic acid content in the diet affected pregnancy, especially during the first stages. The results obtained suggest that it is necessary to supply a suitable quantity of vitamin C in the diet of this species in captivity.
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Título: | Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine |
Autor: | Cueto, G.R.; Allekotte, R.; Kravetz, F.O. |
Filiación: | Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, 4to p., (1428), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Palabras clave: | Ascorbic acid; Capybara; Experimental study; Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris; Nutrition; Reproduction; Scurvy; Animalia; Argentina (fish); Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris; ascorbic acid; animal; animal disease; Argentina; article; diet; female; male; pregnancy; pregnancy complication; randomization; retrospective study; rodent; rodent disease; scurvy; standard; zoo animal; Animals; Animals, Zoo; Argentina; Ascorbic Acid; Diet; Female; Male; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Random Allocation; Retrospective Studies; Rodent Diseases; Rodentia; Scurvy |
Año: | 2000
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Volumen: | 36
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Número: | 1
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Página de inicio: | 97
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Página de fin: | 101
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-36.1.97 |
Título revista: | Journal of Wildlife Diseases
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Título revista abreviado: | J. Wildl. Dis.
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ISSN: | 00903558
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CAS: | Ascorbic Acid, 50-81-7
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Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00903558_v36_n1_p97_Cueto |
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Citas:
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Cueto, G.R., Allekotte, R. & Kravetz, F.O.
(2000)
. Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 36(1), 97-101.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-36.1.97---------- CHICAGO ----------
Cueto, G.R., Allekotte, R., Kravetz, F.O.
"Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine"
. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36, no. 1
(2000) : 97-101.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-36.1.97---------- MLA ----------
Cueto, G.R., Allekotte, R., Kravetz, F.O.
"Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine"
. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, vol. 36, no. 1, 2000, pp. 97-101.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-36.1.97---------- VANCOUVER ----------
Cueto, G.R., Allekotte, R., Kravetz, F.O. Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine. J. Wildl. Dis. 2000;36(1):97-101.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-36.1.97