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Previous issue date: 2007-05-07 / The stress responses can be parameters used in order to identify the welfare of animals. Behavior parameters can also be regarded as means to identify their relation to stressing situations. In this study, adult male and female poodle dogs, accustomed (group 1) or not (group 2) to the environment of a bath and grooming salon were analyzed through the plasmatic concentration of cortisol, cell counting of the immune system (total leukocytes and percentage of neutrophils and lymphocytes) and through observation of changes in behavior before and after the bath and grooming service. After arriving at the kennel, the dogs were taken to the bath and grooming facility, where they had their blood samples taken and were observed for ten minutes. The subsequent procedures consisted of the bath and grooming services and the collection of another blood samples. The research results were analyzed through non-parametric statistic tests and p < 0.05. Accustomed and non-accustomed dogs presented different hormonal and behavior responses: accustomed dogs presented an increasing of the cortisol level at the second blood samples collection, thus indicating stress towards the aforementioned procedures and presenting behavior responses which can be described as moderated stress. Non-accustomed dogs presented the same cortisol levels in both first and second samples suggesting that they were already reacting to the new environment. Dogs also shown behavioral responses which can be described as acute stress. Both male and female dogs showed similar immunological changes as well as different endocrine and behavioral profiles. Concerning aggression, this study demonstrates that biting the owner can be a predicting behavior of aggression during the bath and grooming service, male dogs were more aggressive than the female, and that males were more reactive to unknown caretaker. The results of this research propose that the familiarization of the animal with the bath and grooming environment and caretaker is important to the welfare of poodle dogs, especially to that of male dogs / As respostas de estresse podem ser vari?veis utilizadas para identificar o n?vel de bem-estar dos animais. Par?metros comportamentais tamb?m podem ser usados tentando identificar sua correspond?ncia com situa??es estressantes. Neste estudo c?es da ra?a poodle, adultos, de ambos os sexos, familiarizados (Grupo 1) e n?o familiarizados (Grupo 2) a um ambiente de sal?o de beleza canino foram avaliados por meio da concentra??o plasm?tica de cortisol, contagem de c?lulas do sistema imune (leuc?citos totais e percentuais de neutr?filos e linf?citos) e observa??o de altera??es comportamentais antes e ap?s os procedimentos de banho e tosa. Ap?s a chegada do animal no canil, dentro do ambiente de banho e tosa, foi realizada uma primeira coleta de sangue seguida por um intervalo de observa??o de 10 minutos, realiza??o dos procedimentos de banho e tosa e coleta de uma segunda amostra de sangue. Os resultados foram analisados usando testes estat?sticos n?o param?tricos e o valor de p < 0.05. C?es familiarizados e n?o familiarizados tiveram respostas hormonais e comportamentais diferentes: os c?es familiarizados apresentaram eleva??o do cortisol na segunda coleta, indicando o estresse provavelmente aos procedimentos, e respostas comportamentais que podem ser caracterizadas como estresse moderado. Os c?es n?o familiarizados ao ambiente apresentaram concentra??es semelhantes de cortisol na primeira e segunda coletas sugerindo que a situa??o estressante parece ser anterior aos procedimentos, provavelmente relacionada ao novo ambiente. Apresentaram tamb?m respostas comportamentais que podem ser caracterizadas como estresse agudo. Machos e f?meas apresentaram altera??es imunol?gicas semelhantes e altera??es end?crinas e comportamentais diferentes entre os sexos nos dois grupos experimentais. Com rela??o ? agressividade observou-se que morder o propriet?rio ? um bom preditor de agressividade durante os procedimentos de banho e tosa, os machos foram mais agressivos que as f?meas e reagiram mais a um tosador estranho. Estes resultados sugerem que a familiaridade do animal ao ambiente de tosa e banho e ao tosador ? importante para o bem-estar animal de c?es da ra?a poodle, particularmente nos machos
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:IBICT/oai:repositorio.ufrn.br:123456789/17384 |
| Date | 07 May 2007 |
| Creators | Medeiros, Viviane da Silva |
| Contributors | CPF:06705430478, http://lattes.cnpq.br/8488760386226790, Morais, D?bora Andr?a Evangelista Fa?anha, CPF:50615912320, http://lattes.cnpq.br/7335358058619043, Mota, Maria Teresa da Silva, CPF:37847538415, http://lattes.cnpq.br/6570907055304144, Sousa, Maria Bernardete Cordeiro de |
| Publisher | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Psicobiologia, UFRN, BR, Estudos de Comportamento; Psicologia Fisiol?gica |
| Source Sets | IBICT Brazilian ETDs |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFRN, instname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, instacron:UFRN |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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