Principais doenças oftálmicas em equinos: aspectos gerais e ocorrências no Hospital Veterinário da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande / Patos - PB, no decurso de 2000 - 2006.

Abstract

Work accomplished in the Veterinary Hospital of the Center of Health and Rural Technology of the Federal University of Campina Grande, Patos - PB, in the period of 2000-2006, face the study of the main ophthalmic diseases in equine, aiming at to clear doubts that are usually common in the routine of the medical clinic, due to the complexity and, with relationship to the rational need of precocious medical intervention. A synthesis of knowledge was elaborated through revision in specialized literatures, as well as, the rising of occurrences in locu, through the accompaniment clinical ambulatorial and of data classified in filed clinical records. During the studied period it was registered the attendance of 3.285 animals of different races, sex and age group, with a casuistry of 821 (24,99%) attendances of equine. Being verified an occurrence of 22 (2,67%) oftalmias acometimentos, representing 0,66% of the attendances in the studied period. Being these verifications, registered in animals of both sexes, in age group of four months to twelve years, of the races Room of Mile, Piquira, Pure English Blood and Without Defined Race. Consequently, identified as diseases ophthalmic ocorrentes in equine, conjunctivitis, ceratite, habronemose palpebral, ceratoconjuntivite, carcinoma and sarcoide palpebral, panolftamia, ulcerated ceratite and previous uveite. Being verified a quantitative equivalence (four cases) of larger ceratite occurrence, conjunctivitis and habronemose palpebral. Evidencing a larger occurrence of ophthalmic diseases in equine Without Defined Race (18 cases), of the which, eleven of the masculine sex. During the study it was preponderant the recognition of specific clinical signs, as typical manifestations of the identified oftalmias. Allowing in that way, the establishment diagnosis, tends in view, the elucidation, by the embasamento in the clinical discoveries.