Artículos de revistas
EFFECT OF BIOMETRIC VARIABLES ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS IN THE RED-TAILED BOA (BOA CONSTRICTOR CONSTRICTOR)
Fecha
2014-09-01Registro en:
Journal Of Zoo And Wildlife Medicine. Yulee: Amer Assoc Zoo Veterinarians, v. 45, n. 3, p. 672-677, 2014.
1042-7260
10.1638/2013-0156R6.1
WOS:000343401200030
1497433265390194
0000-0002-9211-4093
Autor
Fed Rural Univ Amazon
Fed Univ Para
Xerimbabo Ranch
Eastern Michigan Univ
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
The effects of body biometrics on cardiac measurements and description of cardiac anatomy were performed in red-tailed boas (Boa constrictor constrictor) (n = 29) using real-time B-mode ultrasonography. Statistical comparison of measured cardiac metrics according to sex and body measurements demonstrated no significant difference between sexes but a highly significant linear increase between body length and mass and all cardiac metrics.