Doenças de aves silvestres e domésticas diagnosticadas na Paraíba.

Abstract

The number of autopsies performed in wild and domestic birds in the Animal Pathology Laboratory (LPA) of the Veterinary Hospital (HV) of the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG) has increased in recent years. Many diseases have been diagnosed, but there is no detailed study of the most frequent pathologies that occur in birds in Paraíba. Thus, the aim of this work was to study several diseases diagnosed in LPA / HV / UFCG during the period from 2003 to 2012, featuring the epidemiological, clinical and pathological aspects. For this retrospective study of the files of records of autopsies LPA, reviewed the clinical and epidemiological data was performed, in addition to the gross and microscopic findings of each disease. Autopsies that occurred during the year 2012 were followed and studied. The number of autopsies in poultry was higher than those of wild birds. Infectious diseases were more frequent presenting 34 %, followed by 9.5% with metabolic diseases, traumatic diseases with 10.5 % and 2.1% with toxic diseases. Among the bacterial diseases were the most number and this result is mainly attributed to poor hygiene and failures of management in small backyard creations. It was also observed that the very small number of cases of viral diseases demonstrates that vaccinations for these diseases are being properly used which protects animals from disease outbreaks such as avian infectious bronchitis and yaws.