Ocorrência de neoplasias em animais selvagens no hospital veterinário da universidade federal de uberlândia

Abstract

Exotic and wild animals are gaining increasing importance in clinical medical veterinary. With the objective of contributing to the study of neoplasms and their occurrence in these animals, a survey of the histopathological examinations records of the Animal Pathology Sector of the Uberlândia Federal University Hospital between 2008 and 2018 was performed. Data were analyzed, elaborating the incidence of neoplasias in a variety of wild animals and transcribing relevant considerations on the amount of animals that were attended, their ages and types of diagnoses. Material was collected from 52 animals and 55 neoplasms were diagnosed. The main species being rabbit (15%), followed by jararaca (13%) and thirdly by chinese hamster (10%). Diagnosis was assessed at different ages, most of which were uninformed due to the wild origin of the animals. Among the diagnoses found, the most recurrent neoplasms were lipoma (14,55%), fibrosarcoma (7,27%) and hemangiosarcoma (7,27%). The number of animals treated in the Animal Pathology sector was analyzed over the years, and it was concluded that the incidence of wild animals that are taken care of is increasing, allowing greater analysis in the near future.