LINS, L. F. A.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8900790321160183; LINS, Larissa de França Amaral.
Resumo:
Work performed at the large animal Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Campina
Grande (UFCG), Center for Health and Rural Technology (CSTR), Campus de Patos - PB, from
January 2002 to December 2012, with the objective obtain knowledge about infectious diseases
limiting the reproduction of mares and the occurrences in Equine under semi-arid climatic
conditions. The research was conducted through a survey of case studies recorded the routine
functioning of the said Hospital, through clinical follow-up in outpatient data gathering and the
notes recorded in chips and archived clinical records and the comments properly cataloged,
according to medical history and review animals evaluated. During the period studied was
observed sample total of 4,775 calls, of which 1,763 horses, a percentage of 36.92% of the cases,
among these, 1,142 horses (65.00%) and 621 mares (35.00%) , among which 28 suffered from
reproductive disorders, which corresponds to 4.51% of mares served. It was concluded that the
conditions of completion of the work, despite the finding of relatively low percentage of
occurrences of mares in the sample evaluated, the observations allow to conclude that abortions
constitute the major occurrences of reproductive disorders in mares region, however, it is
necessary to deepen knowledge about the etiopathogenesis in triggering infectious abortions in
mares operated under climatic conditions of semi-arid region of Paraíba.