Ocorrência concomitante de Cinomose, Erlichiose e Leptospirose em cães atendidos no hospital veterinário da universidade federal de Uberlândia.

Abstract

In the veterinary´s clinic routine practice the infected diseases have a significantly relevance, as most of them are caused by bacteria and virus. Diseases such as Distemper, Erlichiosis and leptospirosis can be highlight. The diagnosis to detect them is based on anamnesis, clinical signs and complementary laboratory tests. Given the importance of those diseases in the routine of the veterinary clinic of small animals, this study’s goal was to evaluate the occurrence of Distemper, Erlichiosis and leptospirosis diseases that affected dogs attended at the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia and their relationships between age and sex. Considering the amount of 27 serum samples that were studied, 100% of them showed distemper reagents, 25.9% for Erlichiosis and 0% for leptospirosis, and for all animals reactive for Distemper, 7 were reagents for Erlichiosis concomitantly. In relation to sex, the percentage of males was 40.7% and for females was 59.3%, in total. As for the Distemper reactive animals, more females were found than males and also more adults; while in Erlichiosis was the opposite, more males than females and adults. Some dogs were reactive for more than one disease and this is extremely important since a dog affected by a disease that depresses their immune system may predispose to the occurrence of another disease, making it difficult to diagnose, treat and control.