[IMAGES] Veterinary subprojects perform field collections!

Published on 29/01/2021

The first veterinary projects to enter the field were those that provide for the collection of biological samples, such as blood, fur, feces and urine, for toxicological and histopathological tests. After the tests, it will be possible to understand the impact of the Brumadinho environmental disaster on the health of animals living in the Paraopeba River region.

The subproject 05 is carrying out the capture of wild animals in the forests, through the placement of traps, by active search and by camera traps.

Quati caught in a trap
Quati captured by one of the traps of subproject 05

source: research team of Subproject 05 of the Brumadinho Project UFMG

 

Frog in a researcher's hand
A frog seized by one of the researchers, through active search. It is important to realize that the project works with different animals!

source: research team of Subproject 05 of the Brumadinho Project UFMG

 

Sample collection
After capturing the animals, researchers perform sample collection with great care. In the photo, we can see the collection of blood samples.

source: research team of Subproject 05 of the Brumadinho Project UFMG

 

Bat wing with a "earring"
After sampling, the animals are marked with earrings and microchips. This way, should they fall into the traps again, the researchers will know that they can release it, because they have already collected its biological material before.

source: research team of Subproject 05 of the Brumadinho Project UFMG

 

Capybara in the woods
The use of camera traps allows the Subproject 05 team to survey the species living in the forests surrounding Paraopeba, even if these animals are not captured by the traps.  

source: research team of Subproject 05 of the Brumadinho Project UFMG

The work of the subproject 07 is a little different, after all the team is working with domestic animals. Thus, the researchers have been divided into small groups, so that some groups will visit the homes in the affected cities and will collect samples from small, companion animals such as dogs and cats, and other groups will collect biological material from production animals such as oxen, horses and pigs, and for this they must visit the rural properties.

Group of sub 07 researchers inside a car
A group of subproject 07 researchers on their way to the next collection!

source: UFMG Brumadinho Project Subproject 07 research team

 

Researchers doing the collection on a farm
The groups do the collection directly on farms. Because many of the farm animals are large, several members need to work together to take the samples.

source: UFMG Brumadinho Project Subproject 07 research team

 

Researchers dominating a pig to collect biological material
To take the samples, researchers need to dominate the animals, but they are not harmed in the process. In some cases, sedatives are used. In the photo, we see the collection of biological material from a pig.

source: UFMG Brumadinho Project Subproject 07 research team

Group of researchers from subproject 07
The collection teams are made up of professors and students from the UFMG Veterinary School, all very well prepared to deal with the animals.  

source: UFMG Brumadinho Project Subproject 07 research team