Aspectos anátomo-histológicos e neuroendócrinos do ceco da capivara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus, 1766 (Mammalia, Rodentia)

• Autor(a) principal: Bressan, Michelle Soares
• Data de Publicação: 2003
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/5194
• topic: Ceco; Células endócrinas; Capivara; Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris; Cecum; Endocrine cells; Capybara; Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris; CNPQ::CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::MORFOLOGIA

The capybara, an herbivorous rodent of simple stomach, has been pointed out in the market of meats for having an excellent zootechnical performance. It has appreciated meat, valuable carcass, high reproductive potential and presents efficient food usage. The last item must be a consequence of the cecotrophy, which makes the cecum, an important organ in the digestive physiology of such animal. To carry out this study, ten adult capybaras from Cachoeirinhas` Farm in Viçosa-MG, were used. From them it was obtained data regarding the anatomy, histology and quantification of endocrine cells and nervous ganglia of the cecum. Fragments of the apex, body and base of the cranial taenia and of the area of ileocecal transition were collected. Macroscopically, the cecum is voluminous, sacciform, presenting a medium volumetrical capacity of 3,6 ± 1,7 l, and a medium length of 70 ± 16,2 cm completing a total of 25% of whole large intestine that measured 2,8 ± 0,6 m on the average. The cecum histologically showed straight tubulous glands with average length of 0,2 ± 0,02 mm, of prismatic simple mucous secretor epithelium, a highly vascularized submucosal tunic with nervous ganglia observed clearly, a developed and with numerous myenterics ganglia muscular tunic. Quantitatively, the cecum presented a medium number of 2,0 ± 1,0 submucosals ganglia/mm2, 6,7 ± 3,0 myenterics ganglia/mm2, 173,1 ± 60,8 argyrophylics cells/mm2, 207,8 ± 68,3 argentaffins cells/mm2 and 55,7 ± 27,4 serotonin immunoreactive cells/mm2.