Síndrome cólica em equinos: alterações homeostáticas e casuística no Hospital Veterinário / UFCG.

Abstract

The dissertation includes two articles related to digestive system disease. The first refers to a field research whose objective was to detect changes in the homeostasis of the horse organism affected by colic syndrome seen at the Veterinary Hospital of the Rural Health and Technology Center of the Federal University of Campina Grande (HVU/CSTR/UFCG), Campus Patos - PB between the period of 2018 to 2019. 32 animals from the clinical routine were used, divided into two groups: In G1 animals with colic by compaction and G2 with other types of colic, in both groups variables such as sex, range age and degree of dehydration. A percentage of 46.9% of the animals was diagnosed with colic by compaction, with colons being the most affected areas. In the group at the biochemical level, a hypoglycemia was found and justified by a prolonged fasting to which the animals were submitted after suspected colic still in its place of origin. The reduction in electrolyte levels was detected, being directly related to the compaction itself and in procedures related to colic. In the second article, clinical records of horses treated from June 2009 to June 2019, HVU / CSTR / UFCG, were reviewed. A total of 3.241 horses were treated, of which 262 were diagnosed with colic syndrome (8.1%). The most common cases were colon compaction, gastric overload, gas colic, spasmodic colic, displacement of pelvic flexure, gastritis, mesentery torsion, enteritis, displacement of the large colon and displacement of the cecum. Colic horses were 2.16 times more likely to die than if they were affected by another disease. In this research, a lethality of 35.9% was observed, showing a decline compared to a study carried out between 2001 and 2010 in the local referent in the current research, whose lethality was 61.4%. Among the variables studied, the treated water was significant for triggering colic. The presence of grass in the diet leads to 1.59 times more chance of colic, due to the wrong supply, as well as the poor quality of the fiber. It is concluded that the colic syndrome represents a great impact on the equidoculture of the backlands of Paraíba due to its complexity that leads to a high degree of lethality, with numerous factors associated with its development, among them the grass-based diet the main elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum), brachiaria (Brachiaria spp.), sorghum (Sorghum spp.), Tifton 85 (Cynodon spp.) and Buffel (Cenchrus ciliaris).