Avaliação do comportamento materno-filial de cães das raças bulldog inglês e buldogue francês

Abstract

The behavior between mother and child (maternal-filial) can have positive or negative consequences to the child throughout her life. The objective of this study was to analyze the maternal relations in French Bulldog and English Bulldog offspring’s, born from bitches submitted to caesarian and with limited access to mother. The study of dog behavior was carried out at the I & T Bulls kennel nursery unit, located in Fortaleza - CE. The methodology used was direct observation, two behavioral tests were carried out on infants and infants, one English Bulldog and another French Bulldog. The registration of the simple type, using paper and images for the annotation of the behaviors. Data counting was first performed by preliminary sampling observations of all behavioral events, and then the behaviors were grouped into a mixed category according to frequency. Abnormal behaviors were quite striking in the English bitch, showing that problems in the maternal-filial relationship may be related to bitches undergoing caesarean section. It is noteworthy that each litter observed was from different matrices, only maternal-branch interference was evaluated in the postoperative separation. It is concluded that the post-cesarean separation in the referent case does not bring behavioral benefits to the two categories, provoking anxiety in the matrices and future behavioral problems in the offspring. Thus, for better results and accuracy would require more observations with litters of same progenitors so that the genetic factor was also evaluated.