ASPECTOS CLÍNICOS – PATOLÓGICOS E FREQUÊNCIA DA PNEUMONIA VERMINÓTICA EM BOVINOS CRIADOS NO BREJO PARAIBANO

Abstract

The various species of Dictyocaulus are of great importance in establishing both domestic animals and wildlife, especially ruminants by providing development and loss of productivity. This work aimed to evaluate the presence of Dictyocaulus viviparus in cattle in Areia / PB, as well as report the occurrences of two cases of verminotic pneumonia. The first in an adult female and a calf in the second case. To determine the frequency of infection, stool samples from 21 cattle raised on the property where the cases arose were harvested. The method used in the diagnosis of positive animals was Baermann method. In one case reported necropsy, where distended lungs, with marked edema and emphysema lungs was observed. Besides the presence of numerous specimens of D. viviparus in light of the trachea and bronchus. Histopathology compatible with D. viviparus in a bronchus parasitic light was observed, but also a large number of inflammatory cells consisting predominantly of neutrophils. The parasitological examination of the flock showed a frequency of 17.4 % for dictiocaulose. The information in the reports and the frequency of the disease in animals are indicative of verminotic pneumonia that is installed on the property and the region.