Osteodensitometria de iguanas verdes de vida livre (Iguana iguana).

Abstract

This work reports the activities carried out in the mandatory supervised internship (ESO), a mandatory subject for completion of the veterinary medicine course, at the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. The internship took place in the diagnostic imaging area at the company Focus Diagnóstico Veterinário, a unit located on Avenida Agamenon Magalhães, in Recife-PE, and took place between February 14 and May 4, 2022, under the supervision of the veterinarian Victor Fernandes Filho. During the ESO, it was possible to monitor and assist in the performance of imaging tests, such as ultrasound, radiography, echocardiogram, electrocardiogram, surgical risk, digestive endoscopy and respiratory endoscopy and in the preparation of their respective reports. A scientific article was prepared, this presents data obtained from computed tomography performed on healthy green iguanas for osteodensitometric evaluation. CT scans were performed on 10 clinically healthy green iguanas, without chemical restraint. After acquiring and digitizing the images, the spine was analyzed using primary images and multiplanar reconstruction. It is noteworthy in this study to obtain the average value of 624.12 + 109.73 mg/cm3 in the bone mineral density of the trabecular bone of the thoracic vertebrae of healthy free-ranging iguanas, which is unprecedented in the veterinary literature to the authors' knowledge.