Ocorrência de mastite em pequenos ruminantes no Hospital Veterinário de Patos - PB.

Abstract

Mastitis is a worldwide known disease with studies focused mainly for bovine. In countries where sheep milk is produced such as England and France bovine mastitis is deeply studied. This study aimed to carry out the survey of cases of mastitis in goats and sheep attended and diagnosed at the Veterinary Hospital of UFCG between January 2004 and December 2014. It was considered the number of cases per year, the antimere of mammary gland affected, the treatment regimen adopted and the progress of the case. 20 cases of sheep Mastitis and 61 cases of goat mastitis were observed, especially the Santa Inês sheep, goats milk producing breed and animals without defined breed in the two species. In sheep 13 animals were clinically treated while 7 were surgically with greater recovery and high in surgical treatment, while in goats 33 animals were clinically treated and 28 surgically with high recovery percentage and similar discharge.