Aspergilose pulmonar em cão.

Abstract

Pulmonary aspergillosis in a dog. The aspergillosis is an opportunistic fungal disease caused by different Aspergillus species. It affects men and animals, usually under immunosuppression. It can present in the nasal, pulmonary and disseminated forms, which is rarer last. The objective of this study was to report a case of pulmonary aspergillosis occurred in a dog diagnosed at the Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Campina Grande (LPA / HV/ UFCG), located in the town of Patos, Paraíba. The case occurred in a male canine Pinscher, 4 years old, who had anorexia, vomiting, loose stools, dark and fetid, stinking and concentrated urine. Treatment for hemorrhagic gastroenteritis was established, but the animal died after a few days. At necropsy lung, heart, kidney and liver were observed. On histopathological examination the primary lesion was observed in the lung and was characterized by pyogranulomatous and necrotizing pneumonia, subacute, moderate, associated with myriad intralesional fungal structures. Pulmonary Aspergillosis is a fungal infection and this is the first case diagnosed in dogs in routine Veterinary Hospital UFCG and should be included as a differential diagnosis of respiratory tract diseases.