Estudo retrospectivo dos achados clínicos e laboratoriais de cheilonoidis sp. acometidos com alterações respiratórias no Laboratório de Ensino e Pesquisa em Animais Silvestres do Hospital Veterinário da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, no ano de 2022

Abstract

Bacterial pneumonia is a very frequent infectious disease in reptile clinics and is responsible for the highest rates of morbidity and mortality in these animals. The objective of this study was to verify which are the prevalent bacteria in jabutis, treated in the Laboratory of Teaching and Research in Wild Animals of the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia (HOVET-UFU), in the year 2022. A retrospective study was conducted based on all records of the jabutis suspected of having some type of respiratory infection. A total of five jabutis were seen with suspected respiratory infection; four of them had tracheal lavage samples collected and one had a lung fragment collected for culture and antimicrobial sensitivity testing, due to the clinical signs that some of the animals presented, such as respiratory noises and eyelid edema. A total of 10 different bacteria were found, presenting several profiles of bacterial resistance, and some of them are responsible for causing respiratory infections in humans , alerting to possible interspecies infections. The conduct of the veterinarian with the aid of complementary tests helps in the diagnosis of these respiratory diseases, which can be affected by secondary factors when the history of the animals is known.