Influência de diferentes dietas na densidade óssea de calopsitas (Nymphicus hollandicus)

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Ano de defesa: 2013
Autor(a) principal: Camargo Filho, Orlando Baptista de [UNESP]
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Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
Idioma: por
Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Programa de Pós-Graduação: Não Informado pela instituição
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Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/128013
http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/16-09-2015/000819094.pdf
Resumo: The pet market is developing rapidly and many homes have as a pet the Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus), which are often created and nurtured erroneously, bringing risks to animal health. Most psitacídeos, including the Cockatiels, are preferred by eating mostly sunflower seeds, so the owners ended just providing only sunflower seeds. This lead to the development of malnutrition and changes in bone pattern. In this experiment we analyzed three groups of Cockatiels, each consisting of fifteen birds. Each group received a different kind of food. One was fed with feed (GR), another fed with oats, millet and sunflower (GMIX) and last fed with sunflower (GG). This study aimed to determine the effect of different diets on density of ulna bone of Cockatiels, using as a means to evaluate the Radiographic Densitometry. Statistical analysis demonstrated an increase in consumption of all groups, and the body weight did not change in GG. Bone growth in length was verified in all groups, and no significant difference between them. The thickness was greater in GR and there was no change in the other groups. The serum calcium and alkaline phosphatase did not differ in all groups, and GMIX concentration showed lower serum phosphorus. There was no statistically significant difference in bone density between the groups at the beginning of the experiment. The results obtained in this experiment with the proposed methodology demonstrated that GR had denser bones than the other groups.