Indicadores de bem-estar de aves ornamentais em estabelecimentos comerciais de Santa Maria - RS

Abstract

The pet bird trade has grown in recent years around the world. The objective of this work was to develop a research in Santa Maria / RS cattle ranch, with the purpose of conducting a diagnosis of the welfare of pet birds, in order to avoid or minimize suffering, stress or maltreatment that may occur due to errors of management, through the transfer of information to the owners of commercial establishments. Also report which is the most commercialized pet bird, average commercial value and the presence of the Veterinarian as technical responsible in the establishments. This research was carried out in 11 farms of the city, where a questionnaire was applied to the owners and evaluated welfare indicators divided into groups of environmental, behavioral, nutritional, sanitary and psychological freedom, according to the method of well-being based on the Five Freedoms. It was proved that 54.4% (6/11) of the commercial establishments visited were in conditions of very low and low degrees of wellbeing. After evaluating the indicators, the owners of the establishments were distributed to the population for a basic care guide, with basic information about the most commercialized bird, in order to minimize the management errors that caused the disability in well-being.