PLEUROPNEUMONIA POR ASPIRAÇÃO EM EQUINO: RELATO DE CASO

Abstract

Pleuropneumonia is a disease that can affect horses in any part of their lives. It is caused by bacterial, viral, parasitic infections, by aspirations of foreign bodies such as dust and liquids and by animal stress for very long trips, very hot or very cold weather causing immunosuppression of this animal. It is an initial bronchial or pulmonary infection, which rapidly spreads to the entire lung and pleura. The objective of this study is to report a case of equine pleuropneumonia in an adult horse, aged 12 years, attended at the veterinary hospital of the Federal University of Paraíba. The animal presented apathy, absence of appetite, foul odor, bilateral mucopurulent nasal discharge, the patient's euthanasia had to be performed due to the worsening state of the disease. Necropsy was performed, and samples were collected for analysis in the Veterinary Pathology laboratory. It was concluded that pleuropneumonia was diagnosed clinically, since the autopsy report reports that bronchopneumonia, which could have been a bacterial cause.