Oral cleft in an Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) (Mammalia, Sirenia)

Authors

  • Vera M F da Silva Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia- Inpa
  • Fernando César Weber Rosas Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Laboratório de Mamíferos Aquáticos (LMA), Manaus, AM, Brasil
  • José Anselmo d’Affonseca Neto Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Laboratório de Mamíferos Aquáticos (LMA), Manaus, AM, Brasil
  • Eliana Feldberg Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Laboratório de Genética Animal, Manaus, AM, Brasil
  • Jorge Felipe Oliveira Franco-de-Sá Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Laboratório de Genética Animal, Manaus, AM, Brasil
  • Stella Maris Lazzarini Centro de Preservação e Pesquisa de Mamíferos Aquáticos – CPPMA, Amazonas Energia, Balbina, Amazonas, Brazil
  • Rodrigo de Souza Amaral Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Amazonas, Campus Manaus Zona Leste – IFAM/CMZL, Manaus, Amazonas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0455-2481

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5597/lajam00320

Abstract

Since 1976, Amazonian manatees have been examined either alive or through necropsies as part of a long-term program to rescue and rehabilitate orphan manatee calves whose mothers were either victims of illegal hunting or accidental catch in fishing nets in the Brazilian Amazon region. Rescued manatees have been found to have several types of diseases, but to our knowledge, there is no record of a congenital anomaly of the face, known as an oral cleft, in Amazonian manatees. In this paper, we report the occurrence of an oral cleft in an Amazonian manatee calf, describing the clinical evaluation and discussing the potential causes.

Published

2024-04-28

How to Cite

da Silva, V. M. F., César Weber Rosas F., d’Affonseca Neto, J. A., Feldberg, E., Oliveira Franco-de-Sá J. F., Lazzarini, S. M., & de Souza Amaral, R. (2024). Oral cleft in an Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) (Mammalia, Sirenia). Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 19(1), 120-124. https://doi.org/10.5597/lajam00320