Pesquisa cl?nica e etiol?gica da anemia em c?es (Canis familiaris)

• Autor(a) principal: Antunes, Marcelo Soares
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRRJ
• Texto Completo: https://tede.ufrrj.br/jspui/handle/tede/924
• topic: anemia; doen?a cr?nica; c?es; hemograma; perfil metab?lico; minerais; anemia; chronic disease; dogs; blood count; metabolic profile; mineral; Medicina Veterin?ria

Several diseases in dogs causing anemia, with the example of ehrlichiosis are thoroughly investigated. But in Brazil there are no studies to estimate the incidence of anemia in different species and so little, studies that assess the extent and causes related to the problem. Thus, it was developed this study to diagnose and assess the rates of anemia in male and female dogs of different breeds, ages and various conditions of health and nutritional management, but no clinical signs of anemia, and to evaluate the metabolic profile of these animals. We evaluated 148 dogs with anemia that was identified in 40% of the animals, most of then was normochromic normocitic (NNA) in type. It was concluded from the analyzed data that anemia is a significant occurrence, even in asymptomatic dogs. The nutritional deficiency especially of copper and iron, parasites and liver failure were not related to the occurrence of anemia among the animals studied. In this study we highlight the chronic infection with Ehrlichia canis and Anaplasma platys, and periodontal disease (PD) as chronic infectious/inflammatory diseases as likely causes of the NNA between the animals studied. The treatment of PD and evaluation of inflammatory markers would be useful for elucidation of the causes of anemia in the herd studied.