Lesões osteoarticulares em cães atendidos na Superintendência Unidade Hospitalar Veterinária Universitária entre 2016 e 2020

Abstract

Osteoarticular disorders are disorders that provide an animal's quality of life, causing pain and locomotor problems, which can progress to paresis or paralysis. Depending on the region, joint problems may vary, as well as a population at risk, which demonstrates the importance of studies being carried out in different regional focuses for greater accuracy of conditions. It was possible to carry out a study on osteoarticular lesions present in dogs treated from January 2016 to December 2020, and collect the information found in groups that demonstrated the epidemiological aspects of the region of the city of Realeza - PR. Data were collected using the animals' medical records about, in addition to the physical aspects and the individual's health conditions, data on diagnosis and treatment, as well as their available radiographic images. These data demonstrated a large number of osteoarticular disorders in the routine of the imaging sector, with a total of 227 cases, of which the most recurrent were fractures of the pelvis and femur (22.46% / n = 51), dislocations (22.46% / n = 51), degenerative joint disease (18.5% / n = 42) and intervertebral disc disease (14.97% / n = 34). It was strong that breeds with predisposition were present in most cases for each condition and that there are influences of the score and age of the animals. It was possible to observe a profile for most of the diseases present in the study regarding the body score, age, breed and sex of the animals. It was also concluded that there are many cases of joint disease not diagnosed by the clinician and that there is a greater need to standardize the filling of the anamnesis forms, which were often incomplete and lacked important information about the treatment, score body, age, sex and race.