Funding correction issued for white-lipped peccary anesthesia study
Bottom line
A Frontiers in Veterinary Science correction published September 1, 2026, updates the funding disclosure for a recent white-lipped peccary cardiology and anesthesia study, clarifying that the work was supported by FAPESB, the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia, under grant APR0098/2026. The correction applies to the original May 29, 2026 research article, which reported what the authors described as the first preliminary electrocardiographic and echocardiographic reference values for adult male white-lipped peccaries anesthetized with ketamine-dexmedetomidine or ketamine-midazolam protocols. Frontiers says the original article has been updated. (frontiersin.org)
Why it matters: For veterinary professionals, this is a disclosure correction rather than a change to the study’s data or conclusions. Still, funding transparency matters in clinical research, especially in niche wildlife and zoological medicine studies that may help guide anesthesia monitoring and cardiovascular assessment in a vulnerable species with limited published reference data. The original study involved 16 clinically healthy adult male white-lipped peccaries and found protocol-related differences in heart rate, wave amplitudes, and arrhythmias, particularly with intravenous dexmedetomidine use. (frontiersin.org)
What to watch: Watch for whether this paper’s preliminary reference values are validated in larger cohorts, females, or free-ranging animals, and whether follow-up work further compares dexmedetomidine-based protocols in tayassuids. (frontiersin.org)
Key facts
- Publication type
- Correction
- Journal
- Frontiers in Veterinary Science
- Publication date
- September 1, 2026
- What was corrected
- Funding disclosure
- Correct funder
- FAPESB, the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia
- Grant
- APR0098/2026
- Original article date
- May 29, 2026
- Study species
- White-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari)
- Study size
- 16 clinically healthy adult males
A correction published September 1, 2026, in Frontiers in Veterinary Science does not alter the science of a recent white-lipped peccary anesthesia study, but it does fix an important part of the publication record: the funding statement. According to the journal, the correct funder is FAPESB, the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia, under grant APR0098/2026, and the original article has now been updated. (frontiersin.org)
The correction applies to an original research article published May 29, 2026, that examined electrocardiographic and echocardiographic profiles in white-lipped peccaries anesthetized with ketamine-dexmedetomidine or ketamine-midazolam combinations. In that paper, the authors said the work was the first to investigate the cardiovascular effects of those dissociative anesthetic protocols in the species and to establish preliminary ECG and ECHO reference values for adult male Tayassu pecari. (frontiersin.org)
That background matters because white-lipped peccaries are not just another exotic species in the literature. The authors describe them as key frugivores in Neotropical ecosystems and note that the species is considered vulnerable, which raises the stakes for safe immobilization and peri-anesthetic monitoring in both clinical and conservation settings. They also point to a broader evidence gap: while ECG and echocardiographic reference values are well established in domestic species, cardiovascular data remain sparse in wildlife species, including tayassuids. (frontiersin.org)
In the original study, 16 clinically healthy adult males with a mean body weight of 30.7 kg were evaluated during orchiectomy procedures used for population control. The animals were assigned to ketamine plus midazolam intramuscularly, ketamine plus dexmedetomidine intramuscularly, or ketamine plus dexmedetomidine intravenously. The paper reported that the intravenous dexmedetomidine protocol was associated with a lower mean heart rate than the midazolam group, along with supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias and second-degree atrioventricular block. No morphological cardiac abnormalities were detected on echocardiography, though the intramuscular dexmedetomidine group showed reduced interventricular septal thickness during diastole. (frontiersin.org)
No outside expert commentary or industry reaction was readily available in indexed coverage at the time of writing, which is not unusual for a narrow correction in a wildlife cardiology paper. But the original article sits within a broader push in zoological and wildlife medicine to generate species-specific anesthesia monitoring data rather than extrapolating from domestic animals or related taxa. Frontiers included the study in a broader research topic on cardiac anesthesia in veterinary medicine, underscoring that the field is paying increasing attention to cardiovascular effects during sedation and anesthesia across species. (frontiersin.org)
Why it matters: For veterinary professionals, especially those in zoological medicine, wildlife medicine, anesthesia, and cardiology, this is mainly a research integrity update. The correction does not indicate changes to the methods, outcomes, or interpretation, but it does restore an accurate funding disclosure, which is part of how readers assess transparency and potential conflicts. In a small, first-in-species study that may inform handling and monitoring decisions for a vulnerable wild mammal, even administrative corrections are worth noting because these papers can become foundational references in low-data areas. (frontiersin.org)
The deeper clinical takeaway remains with the original findings, not the correction itself. The study suggests that anesthetic choice and route of dexmedetomidine administration can affect rhythm findings and heart rate in white-lipped peccaries, reinforcing the need for careful ECG monitoring when alpha-2 agonists are used in wildlife patients. Because the authors themselves frame the data as preliminary and limited to adult males under specific anesthetic conditions, clinicians should treat the values as an early reference point rather than a definitive standard. (frontiersin.org)
What to watch: The next step is whether additional studies expand these reference values across sex, age, health status, and field conditions, and whether future work confirms which protocols offer the best balance of restraint quality and cardiovascular safety in white-lipped peccaries and related species. (frontiersin.org)