Prevalência da actinobacilose em ruminantes no Hospital Veterinário da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande - 2005/2010.

Abstract

The objective of this work, to survey the sample of Actinobacillosis in ruminants sector Ambulatory Clinic for Large Animal Veterinary Hospital, UFCG, Patos Campus - PB, specifying the species, and clinical history of the animal as well as treatments previously performed , deaths, and treatment from April 2005 to July 2010 in order to present the incidence and its possible relationship to disease. Were treated during this period 436 goats, 368 sheep and 613 cattle were found nine cases confirmed by histopathology as positive for all Actinobacillosis in cattle. Most animals brought to the Veterinary Hospital had not been consulted by any professional, and arrived there because the owners feared carcinoma and were afraid the rest of the herd acquiring the disease, the treatment that followed is a routine for the HV the same is made the basis of oxytetracycline and sodium iodide, all animals treated during this period and were discharged with confirmed cases.