Importance of Ethology Applied by Veterinarians for Adaptation Syndrome in Zoo Animals

Abstract

Animal rearing regimes in zoos can be strongly altered according to the adaptation of animals to the captive environment. These changes can modulate animal well-being. In this review, we approach studies of ethological action and its impacts on the adaptation syndrome of captive animals. Zoos offer multiple ways of making adaptations of animals more difficult. strongly favoring the appearance of this syndrome. Animal organisms have their own characteristics, which allow us to identify their state of adaptation to the environment. This fact facilitates significant progress in our general understanding of the genotype-phenotype relationships of animals. The action of the veterinarian in zoos is thus favored. Knowledge of the basic characteristics of animals provides basic behavioral insights and enhances our understanding of the ways in which adaptation can modulate the lives of animals in suitable environments. There are also several and important applications, such as increasing well-being, preventing pathologies and promoting the advancement of scientific knowledge.

Veterinary Psychology

“…This is defined as the set of behaviors of animals in relation to man and in the face of situations handling routines, among others, being this unique and individual characteristic, providing the opportunity for comparison between individuals. Individuals are evaluated, considering one or several aspects of their temperament, evaluating the tendency, characterized when a certain animal consistently presents certain behaviors, in terms of intensity, relative to aggressiveness, agility, attention, curiosity, docility, cleverness, fear, reactivity, stubbornness, shyness, among others (FURTADO, SILVA, TELES, 2018;FURTADO, 2020;FURTADO et al, 2022;GAIA et al, 2019).…”

“…Professionals in the area of behavior, as well as some veterinary psychiatrists, are characterized by a methodological position that revolves around Tinbergen's four questions, which outlined, firstly, observing and describing behavior and then studying this behavior based on in the causal, ontogenetic, phylogenetic and functional analyzes (FURTADO, SILVA, TELES, 2018;FURTADO, 2020;FURTADO et al, 2022;MIKLOSI, 2015).…”

“…Animal behavior is closely linked to the continuous cephalization process (evolutionary tendency of nervous tissues to move towards the cephalic region, promoting the creation of a central nervous system closer to the sense organs), the enormous development of the cerebral hemispheres and particularly the cortex, providing an increasing increase in sensory and cognitive functionalities in the phylogenetic series (FURTADO, SILVA, TELES, 2018;FURTADO, 2020;FURTADO et al, 2022;GAIA et al, 2019).…”

Behavior of Domestic Pigs

“…1 Introduction t is up to veterinarians to understand their patients and with this understanding to promote the cure and prevention of different situations that are experienced in the many creations that exist in rural areas (FURTADO et al, 2022).…”

“…Pigs are very intelligent animals that bring many of the natural behaviors of their descendants, which is observed in many breeding situations. Thus, understanding these helps a lot in maintaining their well-being, culminating in a more successful and prominent agricultural activity (FURTADO et al, 2022).…”