Indicators of water quality in the creation of jurará (Kinosternon scorpioides Linnaeus, 1976)

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Lyssandra Kelly Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Cunha, Diego Aurélio dos Santos, Mesquita, Samuel Lemos, Coelho, Alline Vieira, Ferreira Junior, Elias Costa, Bezerra, Nancyleni Pinto Chaves, Santos, Elaine Cristina Batista dos, Sousa, Alana Lislea de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/6543
• topic: Calidad del agua; Manejo de alimentos; Cría de animales salvajes.; Water quality; Food management; Breeding of wild animals.; Qualidade de água; Manejo alimentar; Criação de animais silvestre.

Water quality comprises in aspects more important for maintaining well-being of the chelonians in captivity. This work aimed to analyze water quality indicators in the creation of scorpion mud turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides). The water quality indicators of dissolved oxygen (OD), pH, orthophosphate (PO4), phosphorus (P), total ammonia (N-NH3), nitrite (N-NO2), nitrate (N-NO3) and temperature (T). The water quality indicators expressed mean values OD of 6.43 to 9.17 mg/L, pH of 6.30, PO4 of 0.74 mg/L, P of 0.24 to 0.41 mg/L, N-NH3 of 1.06 to 1, 86 mg/L, N-NO2 of 0.43 to 1.21 mg/L, N-NO3 of 0.77 to 0.43 mg/L and T from 25.99 to 26.36°C, where the concentration levels were adequate. It is concluded that the parameters of the water quality indicated breeding environment is well oxygenated, pH slightly acidic character, so well the water temperature and the concentrations of ammonia, nitrate and nitrite remained in the appropriate ranges for cultivated species, which by their turn for zootechnical performance.