A Antrozoologia como instrumento veterinário nas terapias assistidas por animais.

Abstract

This work described is reference “Estágio Supervisionado Obrigatório” (ESO), as a way to complement the theoretical-practical teaching, aiming to provide a professional guidance and experience in the area of interest. The ESO was held from August 12 to October 23, 2019, at the “Zoológico do Parque Estadual Dois Irmãos” (PEDI), located in Recife, Pernambuco. In this institution, activities were carried out to monitor clinical and surgical procedures, preventive medicine, wildlife and exotic wildlife management, and Environmental Education actions. This work contains the series in the area of medical and surgical wildlife clinic, the activities developed, the experiences lived and observed in the behavior of visitors. The experience of the zoo internship represented a significant opportunity to encompass and aggregate knowledge in the field of wild medicine as well as sparking interest in a literature review entitled “Anthrozoology as a veterinary instrument in animal assisted therapies”.