Percepção de alunos da 6ª série do ensino fundamental sobre posse responsável de animais de estimação e risco zoonótico no Município de Alegre-ES

Abstract

This work evaluated the knowledge of students from elementary schools about zoonotic risk due to pet ownership in the Alegre City, Espírito Santo, Brazil. For this, an epidemiological questionnaire was applied to students of three schools: one private school, one county school and one state school. In each school 30 students were evaluated. It was observed that, 70% of the students from private and state school and 66.7% of the students from county school have at least one pet. Regarding to animal cares, 66.7% of the students from private school said that their animals were vaccinated and vermifugated, while just 33.3% and 15% of students from state and county school, respectively, related such situation. In relation to zoonoses concept, 80% of students from state school, 46.7% from county school and 36.7% from private school demonstrated knowledge about the theme. Students from state (83.3%) and county school related that school (30%) to be the main source of information about zoonose issues. For students of the private school (40%) the maim source of information was the media (TV, newspaper, magazines and internet). Results show that students from state school demonstrated better discernment of the zoonoses concept than students from private and county school. On the other hand, students from private school showed a broader knowledge about the responsible pet ownership, than the others.