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Picacismo na espécie Agapornis spp. : percepção dos detentores e influência das condições de maneio no seu desenvolvimento
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O picacismo constitui uma das síndromes mais frustrantes que um veterinário especialista em medicina de aves pode encontrar (Kennedy & Draper, 1990; Lamberski, 1995). Esta alteração do comportamento não ocorre na Natureza, pelo que é inerente ao ambiente em cativeiro, tal como outras alterações comportamentais observadas em psitacídeos. Assim, o presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a perceção dos detentores de Agapornis spp. sobre esta alteração, assim como as condições ambientais e de maneio que são fornecidas aos respetivos animais através de inquéritos dirigidos aos detentores de Agapornis spp. com história clínica de picacismo no Centro Veterinário de Exóticos do Porto. Foram realizados 28 inquéritos sobre a perceção dos detentores relativamente ao picacismo, e 26 inquéritos sobre as condições de maneio oferecidas aos Agapornis spp. destes mesmos detentores. A ambos foi aplicado um sistema de pontuação, de forma a classificar o nível de perceção dos detentores sobre o picacismo em “Baixo”, “Médio” e “Elevado”, assim como o maneio em “Muito mau”, “Mau”, “Aceitável” e “Bom”. Relativamente ao primeiro, observou-se que 14,3% da amostra apresenta um nível de perceção baixo (n=4), 82,1% apresenta um nível médio (n=23) e apenas 3,6% apresenta um nível elevado (n=1). Já no segundo inquérito, observou-se que 19,2% dos inquiridos aplica um muito mau maneio (n=5), 30,8% utilizam um mau maneio (n=8), 50% aplica um maneio aceitável (n=13) e nenhum dos inquiridos obteve uma classificação correspondente a um bom maneio. Foi encontrada uma relação estatisticamente significativa entre a classificação final do inquérito sobre as condições ambientais e de maneio e a realização, ou não, de pesquisa sobre os requisitos ideais de manutenção da espécie e respetivo comportamento natural (p=0,008), sendo que as classificações mais baixas correspondiam aos detentores que afirmaram não ter realizado qualquer pesquisa antes de adquirir um Agapornis spp. como animal de companhia.
ABSTRACT - FEATHER PICKING IN AGAPORNIS SPP. – OWNER’S PERCEPTION AND THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT ON ITS DEVELOPMENT - Feather picking is one of the most frustrating syndromes a veterinarian specializing in psittacine medicine can find (Kennedy & Draper, 1990; Lamberski, 1995). This behavioral disorder does not occur in nature, so it is exclusive in the captive environment, as are other behavioral changes seen in psittacines. Thus, this study aimed to assess the perception of Agapornis spp.’s owners about this disorder, as well as the environmental conditions and husbandry that are provided to the respective animals, through surveys directed at the owners of Agapornis spp. with a clinical history of feather picking at the Centro Veterinário de Exóticos do Porto. Twenty-eight surveys (n=28) were carried out on the perception of the owners regarding feather picking, and twenty-six surveys (n=26) on the husbandry conditions offered to Agapornis spp. of these same owners. A scoring system was applied to both, in order to classify the level of knowledge of the owners about feather picking in "Low", "Medium" and "High", as well as the husbandry in "Very bad", "Bad", “Acceptable” and “Good”. Concerning the first, it was observed that 14.3% of all individual’s survey has a low level of perception (n=4), 82.1% has a medium level (n=23) and only 3.6% has a high level (n=1). In the second survey, it was observed that 19.2% of respondents applied a very poor husbandry (n=5), 30.8% used a poor one (n=8), 50% applied an acceptable husbandry (n=13) and none of the respondents obtained a rating corresponding to a good one. A statistically significant relationship was found between the final classification of the survey on husbandry practices and the performance, or not, of research on the ideal requirements for an optimal husbandry of the species and its natural behavior (p=0.008), with the lower classifications corresponding to the owners that stated that they had not carried out any research before acquiring an Agapornis spp. as a companion animal.
ABSTRACT - FEATHER PICKING IN AGAPORNIS SPP. – OWNER’S PERCEPTION AND THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT ON ITS DEVELOPMENT - Feather picking is one of the most frustrating syndromes a veterinarian specializing in psittacine medicine can find (Kennedy & Draper, 1990; Lamberski, 1995). This behavioral disorder does not occur in nature, so it is exclusive in the captive environment, as are other behavioral changes seen in psittacines. Thus, this study aimed to assess the perception of Agapornis spp.’s owners about this disorder, as well as the environmental conditions and husbandry that are provided to the respective animals, through surveys directed at the owners of Agapornis spp. with a clinical history of feather picking at the Centro Veterinário de Exóticos do Porto. Twenty-eight surveys (n=28) were carried out on the perception of the owners regarding feather picking, and twenty-six surveys (n=26) on the husbandry conditions offered to Agapornis spp. of these same owners. A scoring system was applied to both, in order to classify the level of knowledge of the owners about feather picking in "Low", "Medium" and "High", as well as the husbandry in "Very bad", "Bad", “Acceptable” and “Good”. Concerning the first, it was observed that 14.3% of all individual’s survey has a low level of perception (n=4), 82.1% has a medium level (n=23) and only 3.6% has a high level (n=1). In the second survey, it was observed that 19.2% of respondents applied a very poor husbandry (n=5), 30.8% used a poor one (n=8), 50% applied an acceptable husbandry (n=13) and none of the respondents obtained a rating corresponding to a good one. A statistically significant relationship was found between the final classification of the survey on husbandry practices and the performance, or not, of research on the ideal requirements for an optimal husbandry of the species and its natural behavior (p=0.008), with the lower classifications corresponding to the owners that stated that they had not carried out any research before acquiring an Agapornis spp. as a companion animal.
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Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária. Área Científica - Clínica
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Agapornis spp. Psitacídeos Alterações comportamentais Técnicas de treino comportamental Modificação comportamental Maneio
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Alves APG. 2022. Picacismo na espécie Agapornis spp. : percepção dos detentores e influência das condições de maneio no seu desenvolvimento [dissertação de mestrado]. Lisboa: FMV-Universidade de Lisboa
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Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária