title: Evaluation of blood pressure in feline night monkeys (Aotus azarae infulatus) under different restraint protocols.
abstract: 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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of our study suggest that all restraint protocols tested significantly alter blood pressure in this species of primates.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal (ISPA), Pará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosa Helena de Figueiredo
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal (ISPA), Pará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nazaré Fonseca de
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Primatas (CENP), Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde (SVS), Ministério da Saúde(MS), Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Aline Amaral
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Imbeloni
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal (ISPA), Pará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Cláudia de Souza
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS) Laboratório de Cirurgia Experimental (LCE), Belém, Pará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Renan Kleber Costa
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal (ISPA), Pará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camila de Cassia Dos
authors.initials: Cde C
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D000777:Anesthetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D016645:Aotidae / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics
keywords: Aotus; anesthesia; oscillometric method; physical restraint