https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/1879 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:07:39 GMT 2026-04-09T12:07:39Z https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/5916 Título: Uma avaliação refinada da população e ocupação de dois felinos ameaçados de extinção: o gato-tigre-do-norte (Leopardus tigrinus) e o gato-dos-campos (Leopardus colocola) nos cerrados do Brasil. Abstact: The northern tiger cat (Leopardus tigrinus) is one of Brazil’s least studied felids, with no published population density estimates. A potential key conservation unit for the species is Mirador State Park (MSP) in NE Brazil, an area that also hosts humans and domestic dogs. Therefore, we assessed the park’s importance in terms of tiger cat conservation and whether domestic dogs present a threat to the survival of this species. We stablished 52 camera trap stations at three sites and monitored them for a total of 5,030 trap-days. We calculated population densities using spatial and nonspatial methods and relative abundances in MSP and extrapolated these results to the other protected areas and corridor that comprise the northern portion of the Cerrado Biosphere Reserve. We conducted a population viability analysis for tiger cats in the park and assessed the potential impact of domestic dogs. The tiger cat density estimates were 0.12 and 0.25 individuals/km2 (nonspatial) and 0.087 and 0.11 individuals/km2 (spatial), whereas the relative abundances ranged from 0.124-2.168 individuals/100 trap-nights. The tiger cat population was estimated at 287 individuals, with 0% extinction probability within the next 100 and 1,000 years, but only in scenarios of mild to no disease outbreaks. Large outbreaks or habitat loss will be detrimental to species survival in the area. Domestic dogs were detected at 80% of the stations where tiger cats were observed. The threat of disease transmission by domestic dogs potentially impacts 65% of the park and seems to be the primary threat for the species there. The northern tiger cat population was estimated at approximately 700 individuals in the entire protected area of the northern savannas, which together with the additional corridor of the Cerrado Biosphere Reserve could yield up to 2,000-3,000 individuals. Our results provide the first published density estimates of tiger cats and confirm the potential threat of domestic dogs to this felid in Mirador, thereby confirming the park’s importance as a key area for tiger cat conservation and the need for 15 conservation actions. Given its density and abundance of tiger cats, as well as 50 its area size, compared to other locations in the northern savannas, MSP may be the most important site for the worldwide, long-term conservation of Leopardus tigrinus Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/5916 2020-03-16T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/5902 Título: Agroindústrias familiares na microrregião da aglomeração urbana de São Luís: desafios e oportunidades para um desenvolvimento sustentável Abstact: Family farming represents one of the fundamental pillars of food production and rural development in Brazil, playing an essential role in food security, income generation, and environmental sustainability. In the state of Maranhão, family farming stands out, being responsible for a large part of the State's agricultural production. In this context, family agroindustries emerge as a strategy for adding value to primary production, diversifying income sources, and strengthening the local economy. The present study aimed to analyze the challenges and opportunities related to the implementation, operation, and strengthening of family agro-industries in the micro-region of the São Luís Urban Agglomeration. To achieve this, the main obstacles were identified across the legal, financial, technical assistance, and infrastructure dimensions; bureaucratic and sanitary barriers in accessing Inspection Services (SIM, SIE, and SIF) were analyzed; and the quality of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (ATER) directed at these agro-industries was investigated. The research was developed with a qualitative and descriptive approach, using primary and secondary data. Semi-structured questionnaires were applied to 17 family agro-industries located in the municipalities of São Luís, São José de Ribamar, and Paço do Lumiar. The results indicated that most agro-industries operate individually and face significant difficulties related to infrastructure, legal formalization, and access to credit and technical assistance. However, the study also identified opportunities associated with institutional markets, the valorization of local products, and the expansion of public policies aimed at family agro-industrialization. It is concluded that the strengthening of these agro-industries requires overcoming the identified bottlenecks and depends on the proposition of guidelines and the integration of credit, rural extension, sanitary inspection, and organizational support policies, aiming at the construction of a sustainable and territorialized rural development model Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/5902 2025-12-12T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/5861 Título: Condições de criação do suíno baixadeiro, animal localmente adaptado à microrregião da Baixada Maranhense Abstact: The Baixada Maranhense is a micro-region with unique geographical and biological characteristics, standing out in the state of Maranhão for its seasonally flooded fields, and for the presence of animals adapted to this environment. The pig known as “lowland”, is endowed with great rusticity and adaptability to the conditions in which it is disposed, making it an animal of easy handling, thus enabling its creation in an ultra-extensive way. In Baixada, the creation of pigs is very present, serving as a source of income for many families, in addition to serving, in some cases, only food for the breeders themselves and their families. In view of this, the present study aimed to carry out a socioeconomic survey of swine farming in two municipalities in the Baixada, São Bento and Bequimão, in order to observe more deeply how the creation of this animal resource is carried out, taking into account factors such as sanitary management and feed these animals, for example. During the development of the research, visits were made to pig breeding retreats in the aforementioned municipalities, in order to observe the reality surrounding the pig breeding activity. During the visits, a semiopen questionnaire was applied, with the intention of evaluating how the swine activity is carried out in the municipalities. There was a predominance of traditional, low-tech pig farming, basically endowed with the application of common sense knowledge on how to carry out animal husbandry. Therefore, the pig farming in the municipalities of São Bento and Bequimão have several characteristics in common, each with its own particularities, but which configure an extractive activity that is, for the most part, subsistence Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/5861 2021-03-12T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/5814 Título: Metodologias alternativas no ensino de técnicas cirúrgicas durante a pandemia do Covid-19 Abstact: The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped teaching-learning conditions, requiring students and education professionals to make various adjustments. The development of methodologies capable of replacing the traditional model of teaching surgical technique has become essential so that the training of academics is not outdated and incomplete in a pandemic moment. The work aimed to propose active teaching-learning methodologies in emergency remote teaching, in the discipline of Surgical Techniques, of the Veterinary Medicine course at the State University of Maranhão, evaluating their impact on the training of students. To evaluate the methodology used, a quantitative survey was carried out, virtually, through the Google Forms application, between april and july 2021. The results showed that the methodology applied in this study was fully accepted by 69.2% and partially by 23.1% of the students, indicating a good adaptation. Among the resources used in the discipline, the ones with the highest percentage of appreciation were: the forwarding of videos with didactic demonstration of the techniques presented (76.9%) and monitoring by the teacher via WhatsApp (96.2%); real-time monitoring of patients (84.6%); training in maneuvers and techniques on cadavers (72.7%). From the practices in the veterinary hospital, 50% of the students indicated they had greater confidence in performing the techniques presented and, after training on cadavers, 63.6% of the participants felt more skillful and confident in relation to the maneuvers presented. We conclude that the emergency adaptation of the Surgical Techniques discipline allows students to have adequate contact with the programmed contents, without loss in the execution of the pedagogical project. It is possible to adapt the theoretical classes, in a virtual environment, evaluations and practical classes with reduced occupancy and respecting the regulations incited by the pandemic of COVID-19, so that learning would not be compromised with the sudden change in the implemented methodology. Wed, 28 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.uema.br/jspui/handle/123456789/5814 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z