Efeito do floral de bach na resposta comportamental e hormonal de papagaios verdadeiros (Amazona aestiva) em ambiente cativo

• Ano de defesa: 2021
• Autor(a) principal: Gnoatto , Ana Paula Ascari
• Orientador(a): Eyng, Cinthia
• Banca de defesa: Eyng, Cinthia , Nunes, Ricardo Vianna , Oliveira, Renato Cassol de , Menegusso, Fernanda Jaqueline
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná; Marechal Cândido Rondon
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia
• Departamento: Centro de Ciências Agrárias
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Aves silvestres; Cortisol; Essências; Etograma; Terapia complementar
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS:ZOOTECNIA
• Link de acesso: https://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/5925

Abstract: In recent years, the demand for unconventional pets and wild animals has grown, highlighting the popularly known true parrot (Amazona aestiva). However, the greater interaction and accommodation of these animals in captivity have caused behavioral changes in groups of captive animals, since the animals are unable to express their usual behaviors. In the search for the welfare of animals bred in captivity, the use of complementary treatment techniques, such as the use of florals, has intensified. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of providing Bach floral (Rescue Remedy®) on the behavioral and hormonal response of true parrots kept in a captive environment. Ten birds of the species Amazona aestiva (Papagaio true) were divided into two groups, treated with Bach floral (Rescue Remedy®) and treated with placebo. These birds during the research were in individual enclosures and receiving the same handling. The experimental study was conducted randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled. Treatment was provided via drinking water at a dosage of 20 drops for two liters of water for each bird. The treatments were initially provided for a period of 15 days, followed by the inversion of the groups. The group that was receiving the placebo started to receive the floral and the group that was receiving the floral started to receive the placebo. The behavioral study was carried out based on an ethogram, quantifying the behaviors of each individual in the group during the treatments and mainly evaluating the stereotyped behaviors, characteristic of stress in captivity, the observations were daily, thirty minutes per bird. The fresh excreta of the birds were collected for quantification of the hormonal metabolite cortisol, being performed two measurements per period evaluated for each bird. The groups treated with Floral showed a lower frequency in behaviors indicative of stress, such as self-cleaning of feathers, pecking perches and pecking at crates. The analysis of hormonal metabolites in the excreta indicated that the groups treated and not treated with the floral showed similar concentration. The supply via drinking water of the Bach floral (Rescue Remedy®) can be beneficial for the species Amazona aestiva kept in a captive environment.