Casuística de afecções reprodutivas em éguas (Equus caballus, Linnaeus, 1758) registrada no Hospital Veterinário / CSTR / UFCG no período de 2002-2012.

Abstract

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.