Banca de DEFESA: RAFAEL SALES PAGANI

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : RAFAEL SALES PAGANI
DATE: 04/09/2020
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Web Conferência via Google Meet - meet.google.com/dkb-nwhn-ngw.
TITLE:

INFLUENCE OF PUBLIC VISITATION ON THE WELL-BEING OF ANGOLAN LIONS (Panthera leo bleyenberghi), BY EVALUATING FECAL METABOLITES OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS AND BEHAVIORAL VARIABLES.

KEY WORDS:

felids; stress; visitors; zoo.

PAGES: 45
BIG AREA: Ciências Agrárias
AREA: Medicina Veterinária
SUMMARY:

The natural lion populations have been declining in recent decades due to anthropic pressure, requiring population management under human care. Such actions are only acceptable given aspects of animal welfare. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the number of visitors at the zoo on the welfare of Angolan lions, through individual behavioral analyzes and fecal glucocorticoid metabolites (MFG). Pomerode Zoo houses four male Angolan lion, objects of the study, aged between five and six years. The collections were carried out between 06/06/2019 to 07/07/2019. Fecal samples were collected individually in the morning and deferred by ingesting seeds. They were stored at -20 ° C until sent to the Laboratory of Hormonal Dosages of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of São Paulo and processed by enzyme immunoassay. The validation of the exams was obtained through a challenge with adrenocorticotropic hormone. Etograms were performed by scanning method, every 1 minute, for two hours in the morning and in the afternoon. The number of visitors was obtained from the administrative sector and the meteorological data was obtained from the National Institute of Meteorology. The statistical analysis was performed using the SAS. The number of visitors and weather conditions did not influence the MFG. There was also individual variation, where one of the lions was more likely to have higher MFG values. Regarding behavioral analysis, when the number of visitors was higher, the animals remained more in places with sand and in the quadrant closest to the visitors. With the results it is concluded that these individuals of Angolan lions are not negatively influenced by the increase of visitors in the zoo, because they have dynamic environment and protocols of medicine, nutrition and welfare that attend the needs of the species.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2101600 - ANA CAROLINA GONCALVES DOS REIS
Interna - 1046884 - ELIZABETH SCHWEGLER
Externo à Instituição - NEI MOREIRA - UFPR