DOENÇAS NEUROLÓGICAS EM CÃES ATENDIDOS NO HOSPITAL VETERINÁRIO UNIVERSITÁRIO DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA, RS: 1.184 CASOS (2006-2013)

Abstract

A retrospective study including dogs with neurological disease was conducted at the Service of Neurology (SN) of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) between 2006 and 2013, with the objective to identify and characterize the age, breed and sex, neurological diseases and classify them according to the anatomical region and DINAMIT-V acronym. Were evaluated 1.277 neurological records of dogs and obtained the information for inclusion in the study in 1.184 of them being the etiological diagnosis in 525 (44,4%) and presumptive in 659 dogs (55,6%). The most common breeds were dachshunds (27,5%), followed by mixed breed. The most common sites were the spinal cord between T3-L3 (40,9%) and thalamus-cortex (17,5%). Most dogs were diagnosed with degenerative disorders (49%), being disc disease intervertebral more observed, followed inflammatory/infectious disease (16,6%). It can be concluded that the higher prevalence of neurological disorders in dogs involve the spinal cord and thalamus-cortex, with the most frequent being degenerative and the data obtained may assist future studies associated with frequency and distribution of the main neurological diseases in dogs.