Maintenance and breeding of Thrichomys (Trouessart, 1880) (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in captivity

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Autor(a) principal: Teixeira,Bernardo Rodrigues
Data de Publicação: 2005
Outros Autores: Roque,André Luiz R, Barreiros-Gómez,Simone Cristina, Borodin,Pavel Mikhailovitch, Jansen,Ana Maria, D'Andrea,Paulo Sérgio
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Texto Completo: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762005000600005
Resumo: South American histricognath rodents Thrichomys apereoides laurentius and Thrichomys pachyurus are natural hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi, agent of Chagas disease. We established breeding colonies of these species to serve as experimental models in various parasitological studies. Both species of Thrichomys have all the requirements necessary to become excellent laboratory models: they can be easily maintained in the standard laboratory conditions and breed throughout the year and they do not have any special dietary demands and can be fed by standard food pellets designed for laboratory mice. Both species produce precocious offspring that have their eyes and ears open, teeth erupted, fur well developed, and can eat solid food in the first week of life. T. a. laurentius has larger litter sizes and lower body masses at birth and weaning than T. pachyurus. Moreover, females of T. a. laurentius reach puberty earlier and with lower body mass than T. pachyurus.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Maintenance and breeding of Thrichomys (Trouessart, 1880) (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in captivity
title Maintenance and breeding of Thrichomys (Trouessart, 1880) (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in captivity
spellingShingle Maintenance and breeding of Thrichomys (Trouessart, 1880) (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in captivity
Teixeira,Bernardo Rodrigues
breeding
reproduction
development
Thrichomys
title_short Maintenance and breeding of Thrichomys (Trouessart, 1880) (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in captivity
title_full Maintenance and breeding of Thrichomys (Trouessart, 1880) (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in captivity
title_fullStr Maintenance and breeding of Thrichomys (Trouessart, 1880) (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in captivity
title_full_unstemmed Maintenance and breeding of Thrichomys (Trouessart, 1880) (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in captivity
title_sort Maintenance and breeding of Thrichomys (Trouessart, 1880) (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in captivity
author Teixeira,Bernardo Rodrigues
author_facet Teixeira,Bernardo Rodrigues
Roque,André Luiz R
Barreiros-Gómez,Simone Cristina
Borodin,Pavel Mikhailovitch
Jansen,Ana Maria
D'Andrea,Paulo Sérgio
author_role author
author2 Roque,André Luiz R
Barreiros-Gómez,Simone Cristina
Borodin,Pavel Mikhailovitch
Jansen,Ana Maria
D'Andrea,Paulo Sérgio
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Teixeira,Bernardo Rodrigues
Roque,André Luiz R
Barreiros-Gómez,Simone Cristina
Borodin,Pavel Mikhailovitch
Jansen,Ana Maria
D'Andrea,Paulo Sérgio
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv breeding
reproduction
development
Thrichomys
topic breeding
reproduction
development
Thrichomys
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv South American histricognath rodents Thrichomys apereoides laurentius and Thrichomys pachyurus are natural hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi, agent of Chagas disease. We established breeding colonies of these species to serve as experimental models in various parasitological studies. Both species of Thrichomys have all the requirements necessary to become excellent laboratory models: they can be easily maintained in the standard laboratory conditions and breed throughout the year and they do not have any special dietary demands and can be fed by standard food pellets designed for laboratory mice. Both species produce precocious offspring that have their eyes and ears open, teeth erupted, fur well developed, and can eat solid food in the first week of life. T. a. laurentius has larger litter sizes and lower body masses at birth and weaning than T. pachyurus. Moreover, females of T. a. laurentius reach puberty earlier and with lower body mass than T. pachyurus.
description South American histricognath rodents Thrichomys apereoides laurentius and Thrichomys pachyurus are natural hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi, agent of Chagas disease. We established breeding colonies of these species to serve as experimental models in various parasitological studies. Both species of Thrichomys have all the requirements necessary to become excellent laboratory models: they can be easily maintained in the standard laboratory conditions and breed throughout the year and they do not have any special dietary demands and can be fed by standard food pellets designed for laboratory mice. Both species produce precocious offspring that have their eyes and ears open, teeth erupted, fur well developed, and can eat solid food in the first week of life. T. a. laurentius has larger litter sizes and lower body masses at birth and weaning than T. pachyurus. Moreover, females of T. a. laurentius reach puberty earlier and with lower body mass than T. pachyurus.
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