Ocorrência de doenças podais em ruminantes atendidos no Hospital Veterinário da UFCG.

Abstract

Occurrence of foot problems in ruminants treated at the Veterinary Hospital from UFCG. The foot problems covers a group of major diseases and they also are a major cause of lameness in dairy cattle and is responsible for major economic losses attributed to lost productivity and premature disposal of affected animals. Thus, this work through a retrospective study aimed to determine the main foot problems of goats, sheep and cattle treated at the Veterinary Hospital from the Federal University of Campina Grande, Patos - PB, from January 2004 to December 2014. We reviewed all medical records of goats, sheep and cattle diagnosed with foot disease at the clinic of Large Animal, taking into account the clinical history of the animal and the treatment performed. They were treated during these period 909 goats, 664 sheep and 1107 cattle among these 66 animals diagnosed with foot disease. The most prevalent in cattle were to interdigital hyperplasia and interdigital dermatitis. Already in small ruminants at the foot disease with highest incidence was the foot rot.