Distúrbios neurológicos em ruminantes e equídeos no oeste do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Neurological disturbances of ruminants and equine comprise a wide range of pathologies, wich are responsible for significant economic losses of the livestock sectoraround the world, as well as to the public health because so much then are zoonotic diseses. The borders are to much complex areas for the health surveillance anda should be study zones, with active epidemiological investigation about the prevalence os these diseases. In this context, the presente study aimed to give a general idea about diagnoses refering todisorders of the nervous systems in the domestic ruminants as well as in horses. For this, the data of the Laboratório de Patologia Veterinaria of the Universidade Federal do Pampa was used during its eight years of existance. Adding all 1381 necropsy exams, 35 corresponded of causa mortis due to neurological disturbance in ruminants and 10 of then corresponded to diagnoses in equines. While, 1258 exames sent to the laboratory to histopathology examination 11 had confirmed diagnosis os neuropathology, being 10 exams of ruminants especies and only one exam sent fron equine material. These data has demonstrated a growing demand for definitive diagnoses by veterinarians and local autorities for animal health linked to municipalities. However, in addition to the data survey it is necessary to perform na active epidemiological surveillance effort. The only case of material sent to histopathological exam of equine with neurological symptomatology was a case of poisoning by toxic plant causing a storage disease. After a visit to the property where the equine lived, was proven to be a case of Solanum fastigiatum var. fastigiatum poisoning. Thus characterizing this case to the first report os this poisoning in the equine species.