Ética e bem-estar em animais de laboratório / Ethics and welfare in laboratory animals

A utilização de animais de laboratório nos trabalhos experimentais de pesquisa científica tem sido de fundamental importância. Diversas espécies de animais são estudadas e utilizadas na experimentação, porém o camundongo é o animal mais usado nesses procedimentos, destacando-se como um modelo experimental de grande importância para a ciência. A cobaia é conhecida, por muitos, como símbolo representativo dos animais de laboratório, atualmente, as cobaias são muito utilizadas em experimentações ligadas à nutrição, farmacologia, imunologia, alergia, radiologia etc. Coelho é um modelo animal que destaca indubitável importância para o cresci-mento científico e tecnológico da sociedade no âmbito laboratorial. Um dos animais normalmente utilizados em laboratório é o hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) e isso se deve a seus atributos biológicos. A variedade doméstica de Rattus norvegicustem sido empregada para fins experimentais em virtude da facilidade de manejo, prolificidade, alojamento.

The use of laboratory animals in experimental scientific research has been of fundamental importance. Several species of animals are studied and used in the experimentation, but the mouse is the animal most used in these procedures, standing out as an experimental model of great importance for science. The guinea pig is known by many as a representative symbol of laboratory animals. Currently, guinea pigs are widely used in experiments linked to nutrition, pharmacology, immunology, allergy, radiology, etc. Rabbit is an animal model that highlights undoubted importance for the scientific and technological growth of society in the laboratory. One of the animals normally used in the laboratory is the hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) and this is due to its biological attributes. The domestic variety of Rattus norvegicus has been used for experimental purposes due to the ease of handling, prolificacy, lodging.

Ética e bem-estar em animais de laboratório / Ethics and welfare in laboratory animals

A utilização de animais de laboratório nos trabalhos experimentais de pesquisa científica tem sido de fundamental importância. Diversas espécies de animais são estudadas e utilizadas na experimentação, porém o camundongo é o animal mais usado nesses procedimentos, destacando-se como um modelo experimental de grande importância para a ciência. A cobaia é conhecida, por muitos, como símbolo representativo dos animais de laboratório, atualmente, as cobaias são muito utilizadas em experimentações ligadas à nutrição, farmacologia, imunologia, alergia, radiologia etc. Coelho é um modelo animal que destaca indubitável importância para o cresci-mento científico e tecnológico da sociedade no âmbito laboratorial. Um dos animais normalmente utilizados em laboratório é o hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) e isso se deve a seus atributos biológicos. A variedade doméstica de Rattus norvegicustem sido empregada para fins experimentais em virtude da facilidade de manejo, prolificidade, alojamento.(AU)

The use of laboratory animals in experimental scientific research has been of fundamental importance. Several species of animals are studied and used in the experimentation, but the mouse is the animal most used in these procedures, standing out as an experimental model of great importance for science. The guinea pig is known by many as a representative symbol of laboratory animals. Currently, guinea pigs are widely used in experiments linked to nutrition, pharmacology, immunology, allergy, radiology, etc. Rabbit is an animal model that highlights undoubted importance for the scientific and technological growth of society in the laboratory. One of the animals normally used in the laboratory is the hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) and this is due to its biological attributes. The domestic variety of Rattus norvegicus has been used for experimental purposes due to the ease of handling, prolificacy, lodging.(AU)

Ocorrência de parasitos intestinais em Bugio-preto (Alouatta caraya) do Parque Zoobotânico de Teresina, Piauí / Occurrence of intestinal parasites in Alouatta caraya of the Zoobotanical Park of Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Background: The animals of the genus Alouatta are popularly known as Bugios, barbados, roncadores and guaribas, being the neotropical primates better studied in the world. They originate in South America, with records in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. Because of their migrations, many are found debilitated and taken to captivity until their rehabilitation and most cannot be reinserted in nature. They tend to live in extensive areas, having a low resistance against parasitic infections because of low exposure and when kept in captivity, the risks of these infections increase. Some diagnostic techniques can aid in the detection of parasites of zoo animals and can identify the parasitic fauna of these animals. The objective of this work was to investigate and report the presence of intestinal parasites in a female Bugio-preta (Alouatta caraya) captive of the Zoobotanical Park of the municipality of Teresina, Piauí, Brazil.Case: The animal presented a constipation signs before clinical signs of apathy, anorexia, diarrhea and weight loss, suggestive signs of parasitosis, Sterile papers were placed on the floor of the animal enclosure and collected fresh stools shortly after defecation, the feces were removed using gloves, stored in a capped containers, identified and taken to the Laboratory of Parasitology of the Department of Parasitology and Microbiology of the Federal University of Piauí, for further evaluation. The fecal samples were submitted to the techniques of spontaneous sedimentation (HPJ), centrifugation-flotation (Faust) and flotation method in hyper saturated sucrose solution (Willis-Mollay), obtaining slides that were analyzed under an optical microscope in the 10x and 40x objective, confirming the presence of ascarids and hookworms.[...](AU)

Ocorrência de parasitos intestinais em Bugio-preto (Alouatta caraya) do Parque Zoobotânico de Teresina, Piauí / Occurrence of intestinal parasites in Alouatta caraya of the Zoobotanical Park of Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Background: The animals of the genus Alouatta are popularly known as Bugios, barbados, roncadores and guaribas, being the neotropical primates better studied in the world. They originate in South America, with records in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. Because of their migrations, many are found debilitated and taken to captivity until their rehabilitation and most cannot be reinserted in nature. They tend to live in extensive areas, having a low resistance against parasitic infections because of low exposure and when kept in captivity, the risks of these infections increase. Some diagnostic techniques can aid in the detection of parasites of zoo animals and can identify the parasitic fauna of these animals. The objective of this work was to investigate and report the presence of intestinal parasites in a female Bugio-preta (Alouatta caraya) captive of the Zoobotanical Park of the municipality of Teresina, Piauí, Brazil.Case: The animal presented a constipation signs before clinical signs of apathy, anorexia, diarrhea and weight loss, suggestive signs of parasitosis, Sterile papers were placed on the floor of the animal enclosure and collected fresh stools shortly after defecation, the feces were removed using gloves, stored in a capped containers, identified and taken to the Laboratory of Parasitology of the Department of Parasitology and Microbiology of the Federal University of Piauí, for further evaluation. The fecal samples were submitted to the techniques of spontaneous sedimentation (HPJ), centrifugation-flotation (Faust) and flotation method in hyper saturated sucrose solution (Willis-Mollay), obtaining slides that were analyzed under an optical microscope in the 10x and 40x objective, confirming the presence of ascarids and hookworms.[...]