menu menu_open
Brasil
home Sumário navigate_before Anterior Atual Seguinte navigate_next
home Sumário
Medicina Veterinária • Arq. Bras. Med. Vet. Zootec. 60 (6) • Dec 2008 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-09352008000600024 linkcopy

Open-access Autonomic control of heart rate in Spilotes pullatus (Colubridae) as determinant of fear responses

AuthorshipSCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

    This study investigated electrocardiographic changes in Spilotes pullatus using four snakes weighing 0.5±0.06kg. Two minutes after that electrocardiogram apparatus had been fixed in Spilotes pullatus, snakes were immobile and there was a significant reduction of the heart rate and an increase in PQ, QRS, RR, and RT intervals (P<0.05). Results suggest that the presence of fear symptoms may represent a risk to the health of snakes.

    snake; caninana; bradycardia; electrocardiogram; fear

    vertical_align_top file_download show_chart
    location_on
    Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Veterinária Caixa Postal 567, 30123-970 Belo Horizonte MG - Brazil, Tel.: (55 31) 3409-2041, Tel.: (55 31) 3409-2042 - Belo Horizonte - MG - Brazil
    E-mail: abmvz.artigo@gmail.com
    rss_feed Acompanhe os números deste periódico no seu leitor de RSS
    Acessibilidade / Reportar erro