Doenças diagnosticadas em felinos domésticos atendidos no hospital veterinário da Universidade Federal da Paraíba: estudo de cinco anos (2017-2021)

Abstract

Feline Medicine is a broad area of knowledge, since the species has behavioral and physiological particularities that require significant mastery and attention. The objective is to evaluate the occurrence of diseases that affect the feline species through the evaluation of medical records of care belonging to the casuistry of the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Paraíba during the period between January 2017 and December 2021. 2,316 clinical care records were analyzed. of felines available in the database and from a retrospective study, 3,141 diagnoses or procedures were identified, with 2,364 clinical approaches and 777 surgical procedures. Data criteria such as age, sex, race, clinical diagnosis and/or procedure instituted for each patient were used to characterize the profile of the treated cats. The diseases were classified into the following categories: urinary, digestive and hepatobiliary, musculoskeletal, reproductive, integumentary, respiratory, oral and dental, oncological, ophthalmological, infectious, hematological, cardiac, endocrine, neurological, behavioral disorders, other diseases and disorders, inconclusive diagnoses and routine consultations. The retrospective analysis of the present study shows that urinary system disorders are more frequent in felines and accounted for 18.95% of the causes of veterinary care in the researched period.