Osteopatias em eqüinos (Equus caballus, LINNAEUS, 1758) - casuística no Hospital Veterinário / CSTR / UFCG, Patos - PB.

Abstract

The study was developed in the period of January from 2000 to December of 2007, in the Veterinary Hospital of the Center of Health and Rural Technology of the Federal University of Campina Grande / Patos - PB, occurring the rising of the occurrence of osteopathies in equine of different age groups, races and mesticagens, both sexes, submitted to several exploration systems and adverse handling conditions. Aiming at with the accomplishment, to identify the osteopathies more ocorrentes, tends in views perspectives of improving inherent clinical knowledge to the aspects etiopatogenicos, the resources diagnoses and therapeutic of those afeccoes. Being verified a casuistry of 117 episodes, among the ones which, larger occurrence of fractures (23,9%), exostose (17,9%), osteoartrite (14,5%) and traumatic arthritis (12,8%); with more expressive attacks in annual term in 2007, by the registration of 11 cases of exostoses. To the evaluation of the variables race, sex and age, it evidenced casuistries remarkably superiors in equine of the race Room of Mile (61) and Without Races Defined (50) regarding the racial prevalence and, sexual (respectively, 44 and 37 attacked), with larger relevance in the age group from five to nine years. Being ended that in the conditions of the accomplishment of the study, the osteopathies ocorrentes in equine are diversified and of focal traumatic etiopatogenia, with predominance of fractures, exostoses and afeccoes you articulate. Being verified that equine of the race Room of Mile and Without Race Defined, male, in the age group from five to nine years are more predisposed to osteopathies.