Achados anatomopatológicos em Testudines no Distrito Federal, Brasil

Abstract

In order to determine the main causes of death for Testudines in the Federal District, all necropsy files performed at the Veterinary Pathology Laboratory of the University of Brasilia (LPV-UnB) in Testudines were reviewed during the period of January from 2008 to July 2020. The 72 cases reviewed were grouped and classified according to species, type of habitat, season of occurrence and diagnosis. The species that most occurred were cágado-de-de-barbicha (Phrynops geoffroanus [26.4%]), water tiger (Trachemys dorbigni [25%]), jabuti-piranga (Chelonoidis carbonaria [9.72%]), jabuti tinga (Chelonoidis denticulata [6.94%]), amazonian turtle (Podocnemis expansa [1.4%]) and Chelonian, when it was not possible to make the identification (30.55%). Of these animals, 66.6% were free-living and 33.3% were in captivity. In 70.83% of the animals analyzed, they were directly related to the autumn and winter seasons, with the month of June being the most frequent (29.17%). The conclusive diagnosis was possible in 68.05% of the cases. The category of disorders caused by physical agents (46.94%) was the most prevalent, followed by inflammatory diseases (22.45%) and nutritional and metabolic disorders (20.41%). Hoof fracture and / or plastron (40,82%) was the main cause of death in Testudines in this study. The other causes of death were distributed in decreasing order in: pneumonia (22,45%), hepatic steatosis (20,41%), septicemia (10,20%) and burns (6,12%). Carapace or plastron fracture and hepatic steatosis occurred more frequently in animals from an environmental agency.