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Year 2009 - Volume 29, Number 05
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Acúmulo de sementes de Acrocomia aculeata (Arecaceae) na bochecha de búfalos no Pará, p.431-434
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ABSTRACT.- Barbosa J.D., Junior J.M.A., Pinheiro C.P., Oliveira C.H.S., Oliveira C.M.C., Sousa M.G.S. & Duarte M.D. 2009. [Acumulation of the seeds of Acrocomia aculeata (Arecaceae) in the cheeks of buffaloes in the State of Pará, Brazil.] Acúmulo de sementes de Acrocomia aculeata (Arecaceae) na bochecha de búfalos no Pará. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 29(5):431-434. Central de Diagnóstico Veterinário, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Pará, Campus Castanhal, Rua Maximino Porpino da Silva 1000, Castanhal, PA 68740-080, Brazil. E-mail: diomedes@ufpa.br
A condition of buffaloes characterized by an increased volume of one of the cheeks was shown to be due to accumulation of the seeds of the palm-tree “mucaja” (Acrocomia aculeata) and of grass, in the oral vestibulum during rumination. This caused compressive atrophy with thinning and medial deviation of the corresponding submaxillary bone and exposition of the roots of molar teeth. The seeds appear to be of good palatability to the buffaloes. |
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