SANTOS, J. F. G.; SANTOS, Jorge Fábio Gonçalves dos.
Resumen:
Rhinitis by Conidiobolus sp. and Pythium insidiosum in sheep: clinical, epidemiological and radiographic aspects. Mycotic rhinitis: aspects clinical, epidemiologic and radiographic findings. UFCG. 2010. 34p. (Monograph- Veterinary Medicine). Rhinitis is a disease caused mainly by two agents, who are Conidiobolus sp. and Pythium insidiosum, which causes major economic losses especially in tropical areas and subtropical.O present study aimed to evaluate the clinical and radiological features of the animals treated at the HV / CSTR / UFCG, Patos. We used medical records from the period January 2006 to August 2010, with the occurrence of 14 cases of mycotic rhinitis in sheep. In general the main clinical findings were lethargy, anorexia, dehydration, dyspnea, nasal discharge, protrusion of the eyeball, facial deformity, and walking in circles. Mycotic rhinitis in rhinofacial infection, the animals developed radiographic changes such as increased density of soft tissue and obstruction of the nasal meatus, followed by granulomatous formations. Already as nasopharynx, caracterized by swelling of soft tissues from ethmoidal shells, showing a higher radiopacity around the region of the orbital cavity.
