Effects of environmental enrichments on the behaviors of four captive jaguars: Individuality matters
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Resumo: | The effects of different environmental enrichments on the behaviors of four captive jaguars, Panthera onca (Carnivora, Felidae), were individually evaluated. The frequency of jaguar behaviors were recorded in three phases: before, during and after environmental enrichments application. These included hose ball, scent trail, meat tubes, cardboard boxes with meat or elephant feces, stuffed pumpkins, meat ice cream, meat with animal hair, bags with meat, and sounds. The enrichments reduced inactivity and the time duration when jaguars were out of sight, and increased general activity and maintenance behaviors of all tested jaguars. However, the behavioral responses expressed considering other behaviors and after the removal of environmental enrichments varied among individuals. When there were no more enrichments in their enclosures, two jaguars seemed to be in a worse condition than before the introduction of them, while the oldest jaguar maintained all the positive effects. The other jaguar expressed intermediate responses between these two patterns after the removal of the enrichments. Although the tested enrichments improved the welfare of the jaguars, we conclude that individual variability of response to the enrichments highlights the need to consider individual variation in future studies, since some individuals may take better advantages from the enrichments than others. |
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Effects of environmental enrichments on the behaviors of four captive jaguars: Individuality mattersAnimal welfareIndividual responsesMammal behaviorPanthera oncaZoo animalsThe effects of different environmental enrichments on the behaviors of four captive jaguars, Panthera onca (Carnivora, Felidae), were individually evaluated. The frequency of jaguar behaviors were recorded in three phases: before, during and after environmental enrichments application. These included hose ball, scent trail, meat tubes, cardboard boxes with meat or elephant feces, stuffed pumpkins, meat ice cream, meat with animal hair, bags with meat, and sounds. The enrichments reduced inactivity and the time duration when jaguars were out of sight, and increased general activity and maintenance behaviors of all tested jaguars. However, the behavioral responses expressed considering other behaviors and after the removal of environmental enrichments varied among individuals. When there were no more enrichments in their enclosures, two jaguars seemed to be in a worse condition than before the introduction of them, while the oldest jaguar maintained all the positive effects. The other jaguar expressed intermediate responses between these two patterns after the removal of the enrichments. Although the tested enrichments improved the welfare of the jaguars, we conclude that individual variability of response to the enrichments highlights the need to consider individual variation in future studies, since some individuals may take better advantages from the enrichments than others.Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroMuseu Nacional Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Setor de Vertebrados, Quinta da Boa Vista, São CristóvãoUniversidade Estadual Paulista Instituto de Biociências Departamento de Fisiologia Laboratório de Fisiologia Animal e Comportamento, Rua Prof. Dr. Antônio Celso Wagner Zanin, 250, Distrito de Rubião JuniorPrefeitura Municipal de Campinas Secretaria do Verde e Desenvolvimento Sustentável Departamento de Proteção e Vem-Estar Animal, Rua das Sapucaias, 115, Vila Boa VistaUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Faculdade de Formação de Professores Departamento de Ciências, Rua Dr. Francisco Portela, 1470, PatronatoUniversidade Estadual Paulista Instituto de Biociências Departamento de Fisiologia Laboratório de Fisiologia Animal e Comportamento, Rua Prof. Dr. Antônio Celso Wagner Zanin, 250, Distrito de Rubião JuniorUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Secretaria do Verde e Desenvolvimento SustentávelUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)Boccacino, DéboraMaia, Caroline Marques [UNESP]dos Santos, Eliana FerrazSantori, Ricardo Tadeu2022-04-29T08:27:25Z2022-04-29T08:27:25Z2018-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article63-73http://dx.doi.org/10.4257/oeco.2018.2201.06Oecologia Australis, v. 22, n. 1, p. 63-73, 2018.2177-6199http://hdl.handle.net/11449/22856910.4257/oeco.2018.2201.062-s2.0-85050971928Scopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengOecologia Australisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-04-29T08:27:25Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/228569Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462022-04-29T08:27:25Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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Effects of environmental enrichments on the behaviors of four captive jaguars: Individuality matters |
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Effects of environmental enrichments on the behaviors of four captive jaguars: Individuality matters |
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Effects of environmental enrichments on the behaviors of four captive jaguars: Individuality matters Boccacino, Débora Animal welfare Individual responses Mammal behavior Panthera onca Zoo animals |
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Effects of environmental enrichments on the behaviors of four captive jaguars: Individuality matters |
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Effects of environmental enrichments on the behaviors of four captive jaguars: Individuality matters |
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Effects of environmental enrichments on the behaviors of four captive jaguars: Individuality matters |
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Effects of environmental enrichments on the behaviors of four captive jaguars: Individuality matters |
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Effects of environmental enrichments on the behaviors of four captive jaguars: Individuality matters |
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Boccacino, Débora |
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Boccacino, Débora Maia, Caroline Marques [UNESP] dos Santos, Eliana Ferraz Santori, Ricardo Tadeu |
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Maia, Caroline Marques [UNESP] dos Santos, Eliana Ferraz Santori, Ricardo Tadeu |
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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Secretaria do Verde e Desenvolvimento Sustentável Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) |
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Boccacino, Débora Maia, Caroline Marques [UNESP] dos Santos, Eliana Ferraz Santori, Ricardo Tadeu |
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Animal welfare Individual responses Mammal behavior Panthera onca Zoo animals |
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Animal welfare Individual responses Mammal behavior Panthera onca Zoo animals |
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The effects of different environmental enrichments on the behaviors of four captive jaguars, Panthera onca (Carnivora, Felidae), were individually evaluated. The frequency of jaguar behaviors were recorded in three phases: before, during and after environmental enrichments application. These included hose ball, scent trail, meat tubes, cardboard boxes with meat or elephant feces, stuffed pumpkins, meat ice cream, meat with animal hair, bags with meat, and sounds. The enrichments reduced inactivity and the time duration when jaguars were out of sight, and increased general activity and maintenance behaviors of all tested jaguars. However, the behavioral responses expressed considering other behaviors and after the removal of environmental enrichments varied among individuals. When there were no more enrichments in their enclosures, two jaguars seemed to be in a worse condition than before the introduction of them, while the oldest jaguar maintained all the positive effects. The other jaguar expressed intermediate responses between these two patterns after the removal of the enrichments. Although the tested enrichments improved the welfare of the jaguars, we conclude that individual variability of response to the enrichments highlights the need to consider individual variation in future studies, since some individuals may take better advantages from the enrichments than others. |
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