Emergências equinas: estudo retrospectivo e relatos de casos.

Abstract

This dissertation consists of three articles that approaches about equine emergencies. The first article is about a retrospective study of equine emergencies attended at the Veterinary University Hospital “Prof. Dr. Ivon Macedo Tabosa”, from the Health and Rural Technology Center of the Federal University of Campina Grande (HVU/CSTR/UFCG), Patos - PB, between the period of 2013 to 2017. The hospital records were analyzed, cataloging a total of 1467 cases, of which 363 (24.8%) were classified as emergencies, 202 (13.8%) urgencies, 801 (54.6%) as routine and 99 (6.8%) as electives. The outcome of emergency cases revealed 41.4% of deaths and 58.6% discharges, with the digestive system most affected with 48.7% of cases, followed by musculoskeletal 31.7%, nervous 12.7%, respiratory 3,3% and 3.6% divided among other systems. It was concluded that emergencies are clearly important in equine medicine and that the elapsed time of the disease affects the prognosis. The second article is a case report about septic hemorrhagic thrombophlebitis in a equine, which occurred secondary to jugular venopunctions, which resulted in impairment of normal vascular flow and venous rupture causing hemorrhage requiring resection of the left jugular vein to cease the bleeding surgically, resulting in the preservation of the animal's life, despite the low hematocrit and the need for post-surgical care. And the third article reports a rare case in equines, an obstetric paralysis in mare, which was caused by dystocic birth, which the fetus was exposed in the maternal route for approximately 12 hours, despite its removal through obstetric maneuver, compression of the bruising and sciatic nerves, caused abduction of the pelvic limbs and functional disability, the animal was in decubitus for three days and without favorable evolution, the euthanasia was chosen.