CARREIRO, A. N.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7750885373832284; CARREIRO, Artur da Nóbrega.
Résumé:
Abdominal ultrasonography was used to characterize the morphological changes occurring in
the ovaries of the cutias of the species Dasyprocta prymnolopha raised in captivity, besides
identifying the intravaginal microbiology existing in the same species for each phase of their
respective strains cycles. All animals were submitted to daily vaginal cytology to identify the
phases of the estrous cycle. For each phase, ultrasound examinations were performed to
identify and describe the morphology of both ovaries, establishing topographic parameters in
an ultrasound window to locate them, as well as the microbiological culture of vaginal
contents in order to identify the colonies in the vaginal microbiota for each stage of the
estrous cycle. The mean duration of the estrous cycle in the animals studied was 29.94 ± 6.7
days. In the analysis of ovarian morphology, no significant morphometric changes were
observed in the measurements performed, however the presence of follicles was observed in
75% of the proestrus phases. It was observed a great diversity of bacteria existing in the
vaginal microbiota of the agouti, predominating bacteria of the genera such as: Streptococcus
sp., Bacillus sp., Escherichia coli, Citrobacter amalonattus, Staphylococcus sp.,
Corynebacterium sp., Klabsiella sp., Proteus sp., Ttrueperella sp., Enterobacter spp.
