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4.- CONCLUSIoNS
1) The most favorable basal diet for experinental babas \tas | 157" -
fts}), 242 red neat, 1Z Pecutrin, 84 ngs of Virginianicine/Kg. of mix
and 300 mgs Oxlrtetracycline/Kg. of mix. Sinilar works (5,6) report -
that fish feeding produces a higher yleld than 1:ed meat.
2) Mortality in group 2 (basal diet + sodium L-Thyroxine + white corn -
flour) increased significantly after six months of experinentation. It
is (nor,m that ehite corn flour contains a latge conplex carbohydrate -
proportion. The high mor:tality per:centage rnay be correlated with the
absence, in these aninals, of certain enzyDes involved in the degrading
of such carbohydrates, vhich vould cause their: accuoulation. Roland -
Coulson (1991) reported that babas vere unable to use rav plant
matter owlng to the absence of the sucrase enzylle required to hydrolyze
plant sucrose into glucose. (7)
3) The experimental groups cox0plenented rith vitanins and essential amino
aclds (gtoups 3 and 4) obtained louer: total nortallty values.
4) Diets complemented irith sodium L-Thyroxine, vhite corn flour, vitamins
and essential anino acids, did not signiflcantly altei size and lreight
gtot"'th of babas (Catunan crocodilus) bred in captivity.
5) Irom the parasitological lresults obtained, it roay be concluded that, -
although it is true that trichomonad presence is alrlost nornal in this
group of aninals, such a high anount of these, as observed, is not at
al1 beneficial for the aninals, since the intestinal absorptlon vi11 -
be loter owing to inflafinatory pioblens. In order to correct this
prob1e,m, the following was recodDended:
a.-Add x0etronidaxole in an arnount of 10 mgs/Kg. of food for 3 successive
days.
b,-Disinfect
the tanks rdith Vanodine.
the described histopathological case is interpreted as one of rnetabolicalnutritional
t!.pe alterations, without evidence of steatitis type changes. The
conclusion was that fish, bone and meat neal are not sufficient food for sna1l
babas bried in captivity. The mortality caused by this nutritious deficit
wes compensated in the experimental groups . conplemented rith sodim
L-Thyroxine, rlhite corn flour and vitatnins and essential anino acids.