Avulsão de casco associado a osteíte infecciosa e osteomielite em equino: relato de caso.

Abstract

Horses can be work, sport, recreation and breeding animals. The occurrence of hull loss is poorly described in the species, and can result from violent traumas, aspergic pododermatites, violent traumatic action, infections secondary to trauma or purulent inflammatory lesions. Osteomyelitis and osteitis are infections characterized as acute or chronic that affect the bone tissue by pyogenic microorganisms. The objective of this report is to describe the case of a male adult, praying from Queimadas-PB, attended at the UFPB Veterinary Hospital in Areia-PB, presenting lesion in the left hind limb, absence of the hull and claudication grade IV. The diagnosis was obtained through a clinical examination and radiographic study. Penicillin G Benzathine, Penicillin G Procaine, Urea and Topical Dihydrostreptomycin, ointment preparation, systemic antibiotic therapy with Benzathine Penicillin G and regional Amicacin infusion were used as an ointment. There was no recovery of the animal due to the extension of the lesion, extensive osteolysis and difficulty of treatment, requiring euthanasia and followed by necropsy examination where it was diagnosed in clinical and radiological examination.