Perfil e percepção da população acerca da castração de cães e gatos.

Abstract

Strict contact with dogs and cats has brought great concern when it comes to their rapid proliferation. Female dogs and cats are multiparous animals, with a short gestation period, with high production potential and generating offspring with a high number of offspring; moreover, they reach maturity around six months. The number of dogs domiciled in Brazil has already exceeded the number of children between 0 and 14 years old, showing the importance of these animals in the daily life in the country. Usually, sterilization is done after the animal completes the sixth month of life, however, some research shows that the neutering procedure can be performed from the sixth week of age. The relationship between humans and domestic animals dates back thousands of years. And since the domestication of dogs and cats, the interaction with humans has evolved, with the affective bonds between the species being increasingly genuine. With this well-established interaction between man, animal and the environment, the need arises for the creation of Collective Veterinary Medicine. The lack of population control of animals brings complications related to animal welfare and public health, since the greater human-animal interaction increases the incidence of zoonotic diseases and bite accidents. Castration, mainly of females, through the surgical technique of ovariosalpingohysterectomy (OSH) is evidenced as the best contraceptive method for the reproductive control of undesirable offspring. The following work aimed to know what is the profile and perception of tutors about the castration of dogs and cats. And for this, an electronic questionnaire of the Google Forms platform was released through social media with 15 questions covering the socioeconomic theme of the interviewees and their perception about the castration of companion animals. As a result, most respondents were female, with a per capita income of 1 to 2 minimum wages, Catholic and who consider themselves brown. It was observed that the interviewees have great knowledge about the castration of companion animals; however these tutors are not willing to pay such a high value for the surgical sterilization of their animals.