Leishmaniose visceral canina: estudo retrospectivo de 35 casos de 2012 a 2020

Abstract

Visceral leishmaniasis is a zoonosis which figures amongst the six most relevant endemic diseases around the world. This disease also affects dogs, which are considered the greatest reservoir of this protozoa. The present work consists in a retrospective study about visceral leishmaniasis cases in dogs, along eight years (from January 2012 to December 2020) at the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia. At this time, 38.640 dogs were admitted. 35 among them diagnosed with visceral leishmaniasis. Such cases were evaluated about gender, breed, fur colour, age, disease stage, lesion localizartion and address. It has ben noticed that visceral leishmaniases more frequently compromised adult dogs, female, mix-breed, Teckel or Basset Hound with dark coloured fur (black or brown), living in the Southern Zone of Uberlândia. Amongst the most observed clinical alterations, lymphadenomegaly, alopecia and ulcerated lesions stood out, especially in the ears, feet and snout.