MORPHOMETRIC COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CROP OF SOUTHERN CARACARA (Polyborus plancus)

Authors

  • Vanessa Sobue Franzo Universidade Federal do Tocantins
  • Ronaldo Alves Pereira Júnior Universidade Federal do Tocantins
  • Valcinir Aloisio Scalla Vulcani Universidade Federal Rural do Pernambuco
  • Jovita Oliveira Turmina Universidade Federal do Tocantins

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3738/na.v2i1.330

Keywords:

anatomia, fisiologia, sistema digestório, ave.

Abstract

The biometric analysis is important for better understanding of the anatomy and possible correlation with the physiology. The research aimed to evaluate the specific biometric of the crop of eight Southern Caracara (Polyborus plancus), four males and four females, by weighing in grams and measured in centimeters from the crop and subsequent comparison between males and females. The birds were anesthetized, euthanized and eviscerated and crop exposed on a surface so that no stretch of the organ and collected data on weight with a precision scale and measured with the aid of a tape measure in millimeters.T he data were analyzed statistically by Student's test with significance level p ? 0.05. It was concluded that females have greater length and lower weight compared to crop of male caracara.

Author Biographies

  • Vanessa Sobue Franzo, Universidade Federal do Tocantins
    Professora adjunta da disciplina de anatomia veterinária para os cursos de medicina veterinária e zootecnia da Universidade Federal do Tocantins, campus Araguaína. Doutora em medicina veterinária, com área de concentração em patologia animal, com ênfase em morfofisiologia e patologia avícola.
  • Ronaldo Alves Pereira Júnior, Universidade Federal do Tocantins
    Aluno do curso de graduação em medicina veterinária e bolsista da UFT.
  • Valcinir Aloisio Scalla Vulcani, Universidade Federal Rural do Pernambuco
    Professor adjunto da Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. Doutor em cirurgia experimental pela UNESP-FCAV. Linha de pesquisa em membranas biológicas para reparação tecidual
  • Jovita Oliveira Turmina, Universidade Federal do Tocantins
    Aluno do curso de graduação em medicina veterinária e bolsista do CNPq.

Published

2010-07-27

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