Brazil Partnering Award: Welfare and health assessment of managed neotropical mammals in Brazil: developing strategies for sustainable food production
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bristol
Department Name: Clinical Veterinary Science
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Sato D
(2021)
Computational classification of animals for a highway detection system
in Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science
Rossini P
(2020)
Temperament and hierarchy of white-lipped-pecary (Tayassu pecari).
Nogueira SSC
(2021)
Temperament, Plasticity, and Emotions in Defensive Behaviour of Paca (Mammalia, Hystricognatha).
in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
Nogueira SLG
(2020)
Consequences of bushmeat intake on pandemic, 2020.
Nogueira Filho SLG
(2021)
Evidence of vocal express of emotions in Cuniculus paca.
Nogueira Filho S
(2018)
Conflict and post-conflict interventions in white-lipped peccary (Mammalia, Tayassuidae)
| Description | Research by the partners is ongoing and, after an initial workshop in Bristol in May 2018, plus a visit from 3 Brazilian researchers to Bristol Vet School, studies are underway in Brazil to investigate the potential for using neotropical animals usually considered as pests in South America as sources of protein which do not require deforestation to clear grazing land as is the case for cattle. Two small grants, a research studentship, and a research fellowship have been funded to our partners at Universidade Estadual Santa Cruz (Ilheus, Bahia) to start collaborative work in this area. Studies aimed at decreasing road-traffic accidents with neotropical mammals are also underway at University of Sao Paulo. The Bristol team are in contact with Brazilian collaborators to discuss ongoing work, preparation of papers, and potential future areas of collaboration. A Bristol PhD student is now in Brazil at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, collecting data on a related project investigating training primates for successful reintroduction to the wild. The plan is that she will visit our collaborators at the end of her field season. Update MAR 2020: University of Sao Paulo (USP) partners have received 3 undergraduate stipends (USP), funding to support a PhD student (Donkey Sanctuary, UK), and infrastructure funding (USP) to develop a multi-user core facility for computational mapping of animal movements, including around roads. Data collection is continuing on the range of different projects that are part of this collaboration, and papers and conference proceedings have appeared during the year. A workshop in Pirassununga, Brazil (University of Sao Paulo Vet School) is planned for all partners in September 2020, Covid-19 allowing. Update MAR 2021: Much of the work has been delayed / halted due to Covid-19. In particular the Bristol PhD student has not been able to take her second field trip in Brazil and this has significantly decreased the amount of data that she has collected for her project. A switch to focus some of her work on ethical issues relating to wildlife rehabilitation has been made to ensure that she has enough data for her thesis. Moreover, we have been unable to hold the planned workshop for all partners in Brazil. A no-cost extension of the grant may allow that to take place during 2021, Covid-19 allowing. Update MAR 2022: Work has continued to be delayed by Covid-19. The Bristol PhD student has now had to complete her PhD without returning to Brazil for a further field trip and instead pivoting to focus on ethical issues for part of her thesis. She has submitted a paper detailing haematology and biochemistry parameters in captive capuchins in Brazilian rescue centres which will function as a useful reference for health monitoring of this species. A range of papers and conference talks have been published / presented, including studies of the effects of temperament on the ability of wild birds and mammals to deal with captivity and rehabilitation, the use of predator feces for deterring free-ranging capybara from roads and other areas, general social behaviour in captive wild peccary, and the use of vocalization and behavioural diversity as markers of welfare in wild animals. The final workshop in Brazil has gain had to be postponed due to Covid-19, and the end date of the grant has been extended to Dec 2022. Update MAR 2023: The final workshop was held in Brazil in Nov 2023. A researcher from Bristol visited Brazil for a further month to collect data investigating whether 'waking activity' could be a useful non-invasive measure of welfare in paca. Further papers on temperament and welfare in wild mammals and birds were published. The grant ended on 31 Dec 2022. |
| Exploitation Route | The Military Police of the State of São Paulo have already approved two Standard Operating Procedures to be used to address accidents involving animals developed by University of Sao Paulo researchers as part of this collaboration. The protocols are used to attend accidents and also to audit lorries transporting live animals to assess compliance with the existing legislation. The development of new welfare indicators for wild animals and the identification of the importance of individual differences in determining how animals cope with captive conditions will be of use for future research into welfare and success of rehabilitation and reintroduction programmes, and the keeping of wild animals under new forms of captive housing. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment,Other |
| Description | The Military Police of the State of São Paulo approved two Standard Operating Procedures developed as part of this grant to be used to address accidents involving animals. The protocols are used to attend accidents and also to audit lorries transporting live animals to assess compliance with the existing legislation. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Other |
| Impact Types | Societal,Policy & public services |
| Description | Development and uptake of Standard Operating Procedures for use by Sao Paulo Military Police to address accidents involving animals |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | The Military Police of the State of São Paulo approved two Standard Operating Procedures developed under this grant to be used to address accidents involving animals. The protocols are used to attend accidents and also to audit lorries transporting live animals to assess compliance with the existing legislation. |
| Description | André Nogueira: Scientific Initiation Scholarship from the University of São Paulo - Acceptability evaluation of different grass species by capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) |
| Amount | $848 (USD) |
| Organisation | Universidade de São Paulo |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Brazil |
| Start | |
| Description | Funding to support PhD student on Computational mapping of Capybaras and donkeys with the use of thermal cameras as a detection system on roads |
| Amount | £26,800 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Donkey Sanctuary |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 01/2022 |
| Description | INCT Project Grant |
| Amount | $4,000 (USD) |
| Organisation | National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Brazil |
| Start | |
| Description | Post-doctoral fellowship / grant |
| Amount | $17,400 (USD) |
| Organisation | National Post Doctoral Programme |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Brazil |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 06/2019 |
| Description | Research grant (USP): Road Concessionary Intervias, Group Arteris - Multi-user core facility to develop computational mapping of animals. |
| Amount | R$ 1,000,000 (BRL) |
| Organisation | Universidade de São Paulo |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Brazil |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 02/2023 |
| Description | Research productivity level 2 Fellowship to Selene Nogueira |
| Amount | $2,540 (USD) |
| Organisation | National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Brazil |
| Start | |
| Description | Research productivity level 2 Fellowship to Sergio Nogueira |
| Amount | $2,540 (USD) |
| Organisation | National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Brazil |
| Start | |
| Description | Scientific Initiation Scholarship from the University of São Paulo - Strategies to mitigate the presence of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) |
| Amount | $848 (USD) |
| Organisation | Universidade de São Paulo |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Brazil |
| Start | |
| Description | Student grant: Capuchin monkeys' parasites and personality: a two-way road |
| Amount | $1,000 (USD) |
| Organisation | Animal Behavior Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | |
| Description | Three Undergraduate stipends (USP) on 'Strategies to mitigate accidents involving animals': The University of São Paulo, Competitive Undergraduate Grants Programme |
| Amount | R$ 14,400 (BRL) |
| Organisation | Universidade de São Paulo |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Brazil |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | Collaboration on welfare of capuchin monkeys to be reintroduced to the wild |
| Organisation | Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have teamed up with Dr Renata Ferreira at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte to develop a collaboration involving PhD student secondment to study the welfare during rehabilitation of capcuchin monkeys in preparation for reintroduction to the wild. Our Bristol PhD student (GH) will make 2 (c. 6-month) field trips to collect data in Brazil. During this time, the plan is that she also visits our main partners on this grant at University fo Sao Paulo and Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is allowing us access to their animals and field sites and will also be covering the costs of physiological data collection for the project. |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Collaborative research data collection conducted on farmed paca's welfare in Caxambu, Brazil |
| Organisation | State University of Santa Cruz |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | University of Bristol researcher Dr Carole Fureix visited the lab of Prof Selene Nogueira in Brazil to collect data testing the hypothesis that waking inactivity may be a good indicator of a negative affective / welfare state in paca. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our collaborator, Prof Selene Nogueira, hosted Dr Fureix and provided animals, lab facilities and expertise in paca behavioural biology |
| Impact | No outputs as yet, but data being extracted from video for analysis |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Evaluation of inactivity in paca as welfare indicator |
| Organisation | State University of Santa Cruz |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaborative work between Carole Fureiz (Plymouth) and Selene Nogueira (Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz) is commencing on a project to evaluate inactivity in paca as welfare indicator. A student will be provided by the Brazilian partner for fieldwork in Brazil. Dr Fureix will provide input to the theoretical background, experimental design and analysis. |
| Collaborator Contribution | See above |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Evaluation of inactivity in paca as welfare indicator |
| Organisation | University of Plymouth |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaborative work between Carole Fureiz (Plymouth) and Selene Nogueira (Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz) is commencing on a project to evaluate inactivity in paca as welfare indicator. A student will be provided by the Brazilian partner for fieldwork in Brazil. Dr Fureix will provide input to the theoretical background, experimental design and analysis. |
| Collaborator Contribution | See above |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Protocols to decrease and respond to road traffic accidents involving wild animals |
| Organisation | Universidade de São Paulo |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaborations were developed with Military Police of the State of Sao Paulo and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Suppl with the aim of developing two standard operating procedures to be used in the context of road traffic accidents involving wild animals with a special focus on capybara. University of Sao Paulo researchers developed the protocols as part of this collaborative grant. The military police evaluated and implemented them. |
| Collaborator Contribution | See above for description of collaboration |
| Impact | The Military Police of the State of São Paulo approved the two Standard Operating Procedures to be used to address accidents involving animals. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Bem-estar animal:o caso das maritacas em Ilhéus-BA. [translation: Animal welfare: the case of parakeet in Ilhéus-BA] |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A youtube video discussing the welfare of parakeets in Brazil |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj7G2T4aKH0 |
| Description | Consequências de cortes de árvores sobre o comportamento do periquito estrela (Epsitula aurea)[translation: Consequences of deforestation on the behavior of the parakeet (Epsitula aurea)]. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A youtube broadcast including a focus on consequences of deforestation on the behaviour of parakeets |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scd1f9HWCdo |
| Description | Organisation of an international workshop 'what do specific forms of inactivity tell us about non-human animals affective (welfare) states? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The workshop unites international experts in depression-like states and inactivity displays in laboratory or farm animals; of whom Brazilian (Nogueira-Filho, Nogueira, Ferreira) and UK-based (Fureix, Trevarthen, Mendl, Paul) partners. The workshop aims to discuss further the potential for waking inactivity to be used in several species to measure affective states, to detect impaired welfare, and to assess the effectiveness of refinement procedures. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Workshop (USP): Unified Platform to Respond to Accidents Involving Animals |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A workshop was held at the University of Sao Paulo to introduce a platform being developed as part of this research collaboration and which is designed for organising / coordinating responses to road accidents involving wild animals. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |