Congenital hypothyroidism in dog: case report

• Autor(a) principal: Pisani, Rafaela Bruno Faria
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: de Oliveira, Priscila Cardim, Bastos, Isabela Pessôa Barbieri, Fernandes, Julio Israel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine
• Texto Completo: https://rbmv.org/BJVM/article/view/951
• topic: tiroxina, tireóide, nanismo desproporcional; thyroxine, thyroid, disproportionate dwarfism

Canine congenital hypothyroidism is a rare and underdiagnosed endocrine disorder, their true incidenceis unknown because many dogs with this condition die before reaching three months of age. The disordercan cause a range of clinical signs as the lack of thyroid hormones on the animal’s body because of lowmetabolism signs of multiple organs. Affected dogs may have mental retardation and abnormalities inskeletal development. Diagnosis is made through the animal’s history, laboratory screening tests addedto the clinical and epidemiological findings and serum levels of thyroid hormones. This paper reportsa case of canine congenital hypothyroidism in a Chow-Chow dog, with one year old, diagnosed at theVeterinary Hospital of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro. The animal was submitted to hormonereplacement therapy with levothyroxine Sodium resulting in clinical improvement.