GUEDES, K. M. R.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2764482135199395; GUEDES, Karla Moraes Rocha.
Résumé:
The knowledge of the diseases of domestic animals in the different Brazilian
regions is important to determine measures for they control and prevention. The
objective of this paper is to report the epidemiology, clinical signs and pathology of the
diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) of goats and sheep in the Brazilian
semiarid, mainly in the state of Paraíba, diagnosed by the Veterinary Hospital of the
Federal University of Campina Grande, from January 2000 to May 2006. During the
period, 365 cases or outbreaks were diagnosed in goats and 270 in sheep. From these,
63 (9.92%) were of diseases of the CNS, being 34 (9.31%) in goats and 29 (10.7%) in
sheep. The main diseases were abscesses (19.04%), tetanus (15.9%), rabies (9.52%)
intoxication by Ipomoea asarifolia (7.93%), listeriosis (6.34%), traumatism (6.34%),
polioencephalomalacia (4.77%), pregnancy toxemia (3.17%), enzootic ataxia (3.17%),
and meningitis (3.17%). Other diseases diagnosed in only one opportunity (1.59%) were
intoxications by Crotalaria retusa, Ipomoea carnea, Ipomoea sericophylla and Prosopis
juliflora, otitis with encephalitis, malformation, lymphoblastic lymphosarcoma,
medulloblastoma, and focal symmetric necrosis. In 6.34% the diagnosis was unknown.