ESTUDO RETROSPECTIVO DE DEMODICOSE E ESCABIOSE EM CÃES ATENDIDOS NO HOSPITAL VETERINÁRIO DE AREIA – PB, CAMPUS II – UFPB.

Abstract

In a retrospective study of the medical routine about dermatopathies, caused both by Demodex canis and Sarcoptes scabiei, diagnosed in the Preventive Medicine's laboratory from the Veterinary Hospital of Federal University of Paraíba Campus II - Areia PB, clinical records from 2012 to 2018 were analysed, suggesting the following: etiologic agent, racial pattern, sex and age with the intent to determine the most common mange in the region. At that period, 869 animals (100%) were suspected to have a dermatopathy, which 86 cases were positive to mange, 73 (85%) positive to demodicosis and 13 (15%) positive to sarcoptic mange. In relation to the age, puppets (<1 year) were more predisposed (55%) to get infected by mange in comparison with young dogs (30%) and the old ones (15%). In relation to sex and age factors, it was not possible to set any relevant influence to bias toward mange infection in dogs. It was found that young animals are predisposed to get infected by mange, mostly with demodicosis, in contrary to sex and age, which do not predispose to mange infection.