Gait analysis in giant anteater (myrmecophaga tridactyla) with the use of a pressure-sensitive walkway

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorFaria, Luis Guilherme de
dc.creatorRahal, Sheila Canevese
dc.creatorMesquita, Luciane dos Reis
dc.creatorAgostinho, Felipe Stefan
dc.creatorKano, Washington Takashi
dc.creatorTeixeira, Carlos Roberto
dc.creatorBarros Monteiro, Frederico Ozanan
dc.date2015-10-21T13:09:59Z
dc.date2016-10-25T20:59:38Z
dc.date2015-10-21T13:09:59Z
dc.date2016-10-25T20:59:38Z
dc.date2015-06-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T08:58:27Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T08:58:27Z
dc.identifierJournal Of Zoo And Wildlife Medicine, v. 46, n. 2, p. 286-290, 2015.
dc.identifier1042-7260
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/128453
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/128453
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1638/2014-0057R1.1
dc.identifierWOS:000356021600015
dc.identifier0000-0002-9211-4093
dc.identifierhttp://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1638/2014-0057R1.1
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/939009
dc.descriptionThe aim of this study was to evaluate the kinetic and temporospatial parameters of clinically healthy juvenile giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) by using a pressure-sensing walkway. Three free-ranging clinically healthy giant anteaters (M. tridactyla), two males and one female, aged 5-7 mo, were used. There was no statistically significant difference between the right and left sides for the kinetic and temporospatial parameters for both forelimbs and hind limbs. Although the gait velocity was similar for all giant anteaters, the stride frequency was higher in the smaller anteaters. The difference in stride frequency is associated with body size, which also influenced other temporospatial parameters. The percentage of body distribution was higher on the forelimbs than the hind limbs. The contact surface and trajectory of the force of the forepaws differed from the hind paws. In conclusion, the anteaters have gait peculiarities associated with the anatomical differences between forelimbs and hind limbs.
dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.descriptionConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherAmer Assoc Zoo Veterinarians
dc.relationJournal Of Zoo And Wildlife Medicine
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectAnteater
dc.subjectGait
dc.subjectKinetic
dc.subjectLocomotion
dc.subjectPressure-sensitive walkway
dc.subjectTemporospatial
dc.titleGait analysis in giant anteater (myrmecophaga tridactyla) with the use of a pressure-sensitive walkway
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