Relationship between skin colour, conjunctivitis, and dermatitis in captive Caiman latirostris in Argentina

Autores
Hilevski Loreto, Samuel; Ciocan, Hernán; Bassetti, Luís Antonio Bochetti; Siroski, Pablo Ariel
Año de publicación
2023
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The commercial production of crocodilians for skin and meat has been considered an important industry in the world, with skin being the most valuable product, while the meat is considered a by-product. This study was designed to identify some diseases that can affect crocodilians farmed in Argentina, examining the relationships between skin colour and these diseases. Each caiman was classified according to their skin colour and kind of diseases (conjunctivitis or dermatitis). In broad-snouted caimans the prevalence of conjunctivitis was 0.41, and dermatitis was 0.23. Statistical tests indicate that there may be a relationship between the skin colour and health status of the caiman, where the dark–skin animals appear healthier (35.76%) than the light–skin animals (15.89%), where these last are more vulnerable to suffer ocular diseases, and skin diseases at the same time (14.57%). In addition, the body mass and length of healthy animals (dark and light) were higher than caimans with eye disease or with both associated diseases. These results may help crocodilians farms caring by isolation of susceptible animals, establishing stricter criteria for health status. This may imply a decrease in diseases that affect the quality of the skin and the loss of individuals, with a consequent increase in profits obtained by the industry.
Fil: Hilevski Loreto, Samuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Ciocan, Hernán. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Bassetti, Luís Antonio Bochetti. Universidade de Sao Paulo; Brasil
Fil: Siroski, Pablo Ariel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral; Argentina
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Caiman
Crocodile
Skin colour
Sikin disease
Ophthalmological disease
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spelling Relationship between skin colour, conjunctivitis, and dermatitis in captive Caiman latirostris in ArgentinaHilevski Loreto, SamuelCiocan, HernánBassetti, Luís Antonio BochettiSiroski, Pablo ArielCaimanCrocodileSkin colourSikin diseaseOphthalmological diseasehttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4The commercial production of crocodilians for skin and meat has been considered an important industry in the world, with skin being the most valuable product, while the meat is considered a by-product. This study was designed to identify some diseases that can affect crocodilians farmed in Argentina, examining the relationships between skin colour and these diseases. Each caiman was classified according to their skin colour and kind of diseases (conjunctivitis or dermatitis). In broad-snouted caimans the prevalence of conjunctivitis was 0.41, and dermatitis was 0.23. Statistical tests indicate that there may be a relationship between the skin colour and health status of the caiman, where the dark–skin animals appear healthier (35.76%) than the light–skin animals (15.89%), where these last are more vulnerable to suffer ocular diseases, and skin diseases at the same time (14.57%). In addition, the body mass and length of healthy animals (dark and light) were higher than caimans with eye disease or with both associated diseases. These results may help crocodilians farms caring by isolation of susceptible animals, establishing stricter criteria for health status. This may imply a decrease in diseases that affect the quality of the skin and the loss of individuals, with a consequent increase in profits obtained by the industry.Fil: Hilevski Loreto, Samuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral; ArgentinaFil: Ciocan, Hernán. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Bassetti, Luís Antonio Bochetti. Universidade de Sao Paulo; BrasilFil: Siroski, Pablo Ariel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral; ArgentinaSocietas Europaea Herpetologica2023-11info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/225999Hilevski Loreto, Samuel; Ciocan, Hernán; Bassetti, Luís Antonio Bochetti; Siroski, Pablo Ariel; Relationship between skin colour, conjunctivitis, and dermatitis in captive Caiman latirostris in Argentina; Societas Europaea Herpetologica; Herpetology Notes; 16; 2023; 11-2023; 847-8542071-5773CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/view/79612info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:59:32Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/225999instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:59:32.894CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Relationship between skin colour, conjunctivitis, and dermatitis in captive Caiman latirostris in Argentina
title Relationship between skin colour, conjunctivitis, and dermatitis in captive Caiman latirostris in Argentina
spellingShingle Relationship between skin colour, conjunctivitis, and dermatitis in captive Caiman latirostris in Argentina
Hilevski Loreto, Samuel
Caiman
Crocodile
Skin colour
Sikin disease
Ophthalmological disease
title_short Relationship between skin colour, conjunctivitis, and dermatitis in captive Caiman latirostris in Argentina
title_full Relationship between skin colour, conjunctivitis, and dermatitis in captive Caiman latirostris in Argentina
title_fullStr Relationship between skin colour, conjunctivitis, and dermatitis in captive Caiman latirostris in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between skin colour, conjunctivitis, and dermatitis in captive Caiman latirostris in Argentina
title_sort Relationship between skin colour, conjunctivitis, and dermatitis in captive Caiman latirostris in Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hilevski Loreto, Samuel
Ciocan, Hernán
Bassetti, Luís Antonio Bochetti
Siroski, Pablo Ariel
author Hilevski Loreto, Samuel
author_facet Hilevski Loreto, Samuel
Ciocan, Hernán
Bassetti, Luís Antonio Bochetti
Siroski, Pablo Ariel
author_role author
author2 Ciocan, Hernán
Bassetti, Luís Antonio Bochetti
Siroski, Pablo Ariel
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Caiman
Crocodile
Skin colour
Sikin disease
Ophthalmological disease
topic Caiman
Crocodile
Skin colour
Sikin disease
Ophthalmological disease
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The commercial production of crocodilians for skin and meat has been considered an important industry in the world, with skin being the most valuable product, while the meat is considered a by-product. This study was designed to identify some diseases that can affect crocodilians farmed in Argentina, examining the relationships between skin colour and these diseases. Each caiman was classified according to their skin colour and kind of diseases (conjunctivitis or dermatitis). In broad-snouted caimans the prevalence of conjunctivitis was 0.41, and dermatitis was 0.23. Statistical tests indicate that there may be a relationship between the skin colour and health status of the caiman, where the dark–skin animals appear healthier (35.76%) than the light–skin animals (15.89%), where these last are more vulnerable to suffer ocular diseases, and skin diseases at the same time (14.57%). In addition, the body mass and length of healthy animals (dark and light) were higher than caimans with eye disease or with both associated diseases. These results may help crocodilians farms caring by isolation of susceptible animals, establishing stricter criteria for health status. This may imply a decrease in diseases that affect the quality of the skin and the loss of individuals, with a consequent increase in profits obtained by the industry.
Fil: Hilevski Loreto, Samuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Ciocan, Hernán. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Bassetti, Luís Antonio Bochetti. Universidade de Sao Paulo; Brasil
Fil: Siroski, Pablo Ariel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral; Argentina
description The commercial production of crocodilians for skin and meat has been considered an important industry in the world, with skin being the most valuable product, while the meat is considered a by-product. This study was designed to identify some diseases that can affect crocodilians farmed in Argentina, examining the relationships between skin colour and these diseases. Each caiman was classified according to their skin colour and kind of diseases (conjunctivitis or dermatitis). In broad-snouted caimans the prevalence of conjunctivitis was 0.41, and dermatitis was 0.23. Statistical tests indicate that there may be a relationship between the skin colour and health status of the caiman, where the dark–skin animals appear healthier (35.76%) than the light–skin animals (15.89%), where these last are more vulnerable to suffer ocular diseases, and skin diseases at the same time (14.57%). In addition, the body mass and length of healthy animals (dark and light) were higher than caimans with eye disease or with both associated diseases. These results may help crocodilians farms caring by isolation of susceptible animals, establishing stricter criteria for health status. This may imply a decrease in diseases that affect the quality of the skin and the loss of individuals, with a consequent increase in profits obtained by the industry.
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Hilevski Loreto, Samuel; Ciocan, Hernán; Bassetti, Luís Antonio Bochetti; Siroski, Pablo Ariel; Relationship between skin colour, conjunctivitis, and dermatitis in captive Caiman latirostris in Argentina; Societas Europaea Herpetologica; Herpetology Notes; 16; 2023; 11-2023; 847-854
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