Levantamento epidemiológico das dermatopatias de cães e gatos atendidos no hospital veterinário da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Abstract

The skin being the largest organ of the body of the animal and having the function of acting as an anatomophysiological barrier between the animal and the environment, is the target of various physical, chemical and microbiological injuries. Dermatopathies designate diseases that directly affect the skin and are caused by several factors such as ectoparasitis, fungal, bacterial, allergy, among others. Given the high prevalence of dermatopathies in the clinic, dermatology has become an area of great rise and relevance in the veterinary clinic of small animals. Although the literature on dermatology is vast, the information on the case of cutaneous disorders from different geographical regions of the country in dogs and cats is still scarce and, due to high series, it becomes increasingly important the study of dermatopathies by professionals in the clinical area of small animals in the context of animal health and public health. This work consisted of a retrospective survey of the number of dermatological care performed at the medical clinic service of small animals of the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia (HV-UFU), from 2017 to 2019 as well as an analysis of the clinical forms of dogs and cats and classification of the most common dermatological conditions according to the registered series. The results of this study allowed us to conclude that the categories of dermatopathies assisted in dogs and cats in HV-UFU distributed in decreasing order were: acquired (15.2%), immunological (9.65%), bacterial (9.1%), parasitic (8.8%), fungal (7.4%), neoplastic (2.35%), psychogenic (1.8%), keratinization disorders (0.56%) and hereditary (0.1%). These results present great relevance, and may help the direction of the veterinary clinician of small animals to the diagnoses of the most common dermatopathies seen in the region.