Fatores de risco associados à Ceratoconjuntivite Seca em cães.

Abstract

Small Animals (MCSA), and Keratoconjunctivitis Seca (KCS) is one of the eye diseases that has been highlighted in dogs. It is considered a multifactorial disease, with distinct etiologic agents, and their determination to cause, appearance and development are often inaccurate. Thus this study aimed to determine the risk factors associated with keratoconjunctivitis Seca in dogs treated at the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Campina Grande (HV / UFCG), Patos Campus by checking the epidemiological studies of this disease in the region. To this were referred to clinical eye dogs with clinical changes indicating eye diseases. Every animal owner sent ophthalmic APPRAISAL, an epidemiological questionnaire was applied (Annex), which included questions regarding the possible risk factors associated with the incidence. During the vesting period of samples and obtaining epidemiological surveys, 2209 dogs were seen at (HV / UFCG) in the range from July 2014 to April 2015. Of these, 50 animals were referred to eye care, with different eye diseases. Dogs with clinical suspicion of keratoconjunctivitis Seca underwent completion of the Schirmer Tear Test of. Among the epidemiological variables involved for the 13 positive animals for CCS study pointed out that the animal's activity area was considered as the only risk factor directly involved in the development of the disease, and those animals kept loose statistically more likely to positivity associated with infectious problems. Furthermore, epidemiological factors such as multi-purpose vaccination, race and age, contributed indirectly to the development of keratoconjunctivitis Seca.