de Oliveira PLR, Uscategui RAR, Vieira RLA, Gondim LSQ, Maronezi MC, Feliciano MAR. Radiographic study of the axial and appendicular skeleton of Callithrix jacchus and Callithrix penicillata.
J Med Primatol 2022;
51:201-212. [PMID:
35546084 DOI:
10.1111/jmp.12588]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Marmosets are small arboreal primates. Knowledge of normal radiographic parameters and frequent disorders is limited. The objectives of this study were to evaluate possible variations between quantitative analyses and injuries to the appendicular and axial skeleton of Callithrix jacchus and Callithrix penicillata and their relationship with the environment.
METHODS
Radiographic images of 29 marmosets were used. Skeletal lesions were described, long bones were measured, and pelvimetry, vertebrae, and sternebras were counted.
RESULTS
Measurements of long bones and pelvimetry were similar between species. Evaluation of vertebrae and sternebras exhibited variations relative to the literature. Lesions on the skull, spine, thoracic and pelvic limbs were present in 48%, 54%, 44%, and 52% of marmosets, respectively.
CONCLUSION
Skeletal disorders, especially of traumatic and metabolic origin, have a high prevalence in marmosets.
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