Conhecimento dos alunos de graduação em biologia, da Faculdade União de Goyazes, sobre o controle de animais Sinantrópicos: Columba livia

Abstract

Synanthropic animals are animals of wild species, native or exotic, that utilize resources of anthropic areas, transient or permanent. The species Columba livia (domestic pigeon), is an exotic bird, coming from Europe and Africa, that were brought to Brazil by the Portuguese, in the middle of the XVI century, to be pets. Due to the easy adaptation of the birds and the increase uncontrolled rate of reproduction, the specimen was to be considered an urban pest. The objective of this work was to evaluate the knowledge of the students of the last period of the Bachelor's Degree in Biological Sciences, Faculty of Union of Goyazes (FUG), regarding the involvement of the Biologist in the control of these pests. This study was a cross-sectional, descriptive and qualitative survey, carried out through questionnaires, designed to identify the students' level of knowledge. Questionnaires were given to the academics to evaluate their knowledge of pest control. A total of 10 students responded to the study, according to the data obtained, pest control and a subject little addressed among academics. Few students know about the performance of the Biologist pest control in general. The work was also intended to inform the academic community 8th Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, the necessary preventions to avoid the transmitted zoonoses and diseases caused by birds of the family Columbidae.