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EFFECT OF BIOMETRIC VARIABLES ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS IN THE RED-TAILED BOA ( BOA CONSTRICTOR CONSTRICTOR )

2014; American Association of Zoo Veterinarians; Volume: 45; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1638/2013-0156r6.1

1937-2825

Maria Eduarda Bastos Andrade Moutinho da Conceição, Frederico Ozanan Barros Monteiro, Rafael S. Andrade, Viviane E. Margalho, Silva Filho, Maria Vivina Barros Monteiro, Paulo Henrique Gomes de Castro, Anita I. Stone, Sheila Canevese Rahal, Alessandra Melchert,

Veterinary Equine Medical Research

The effects of body biometrics on cardiac measurements and description of cardiac anatomy were performed in red-tailed boas (Boa constrictor constrictor) (n = 29) using real-time B-mode ultrasonography. Statistical comparison of measured cardiac metrics according to sex and body measurements demonstrated no significant difference between sexes but a highly significant linear increase between body length and mass and all cardiac metrics.