Aplicación de chips de identificación por vía subcutánea e interfacial en psitácidos en cautiverio en el Eco Zoológico Tarqui

Abstract

The current threat of human beings has led hundreds of animals to expand or reduce their territory, causing the extinction of countless species; however, there are other causes such as habitat loss, illegal trade, the presence of predators, the presence of nonnative species, pollution and climate change that lead to the same end. That is why ex situ breeding (in captivity) is focused on saving endangered populations in order to keep a record and later release them into the environment. The objective of the research was to apply subcutaneous and interfascial identification chips to psittacine parrots belonging to the Eco Zoological Tarqui. It was decided to carry out a quantitative and qualitative descriptive analysis with respect to the possible post-application complications found, such as the presence and/or absence of the chip, its migration, the presence of hematomas or the presence of abscesses. The results obtained were as follows: 24 hours after the application there was no absence of the chip in the 20 macaws (Ara ararauna - Ara macao) and 30 parrots (Amazona amazonica - Amazona ochrocephala); neither were there cases of migration in the 20 macaws (Ara ararauna - Ara macao) and 30 parrots (Amazona amazonica - Amazona ochrocephala); Similarly, there was no evidence of hematomas in the 20 macaws (Ara ararauna - Ara macao) and 29 parrots (Amazona amazonica - Amazona ochrocephala); the two parrots that presented complications (presence of hematoma and abscess) after the subcutaneous application of the microchip belong to the species Amazona ochrocephala.