Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia. Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal. Belém, PA, Brazil.Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia. Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal. Belém, PA, Brazil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Centro Nacional de Primatas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia. Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal. Belém, PA, Brazil.Universidade do Estado do Pará. Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde. Laboratório de Cirurgia Experimental. Belém, PA,Brazil.Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia. Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal. Belém, PA, Brazil.Background Feline night monkeys are very susceptible to stress when handled,
and because of that, the use of anesthetic and physical restraint methods
should be carefully evaluated. To ensure a safer anesthesia to the animals
the present study aimed to observe the influence of four restraint protocols in
the blood pressure of Aotus azarae infulatus.
Methods Blood pressure was obtained from 10 animals subjected to restraining
protocols using tiletamine and zolazepam, isoflurane, ketamine and
midazolam, and physical restraint and results were evaluated to determine
their effect on this exam.
Results Among the restraint protocols tested, the anesthetic isoflurane promoted
lower blood pressure values and no differences were observed between
values measured in both arms in all groups.
Conclusion The results of our study suggest that all restraint protocols tested
significantly alter blood pressure in this species of primates
