Determinação do hematócrito do jacaré-de-papo-amarelo (Caiman latirostris) mantido em cativeiro no Parque Zoobotânico Arruda Câmara, João Pessoa - Paraíba.

Abstract

The yellow alligator-of-craw (Caiman latirostris) is a medium size crocodilian, reaching 1,5 meters 2 meters, live is in mangroves, swamps and rivers. Despiste it is an animal of great importance in the maintenance of aquatic ecosystems, there are few studies found in literature involving this species, most of which are facing the biology area, behavior and biometrics, with little research focused area of veterinary medicine, especially when talking in haematological values. The objective of this work was to determine the value of the Caiman latirostris hematocrit in northeastern Brazil, for it was analyzed the blood of 20 healthy animals (ten males and ten females) maintened in the Zoobotanical Park Arruda Câmara in João Pessoa city (Paraíba). The values found to this hematological variable was 23% for males and 22% for females, not with statistically significant difference in relation to gender. Be concluded that the values found for animals raised in the Northeast of Brazil not diverged from other values seen in other species of animals in other regions, and was not affected by the sexual factor.