Doenças de equinos na região sul do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

This thesis is a study developed in period of 34 years about equine diseases diagnosed through out 34 municipalities of Southern Rio Grande do Sul, which includes de influence area of the Laboratório Regional de Diagnóstico of the Veterinary School of the Federal University of Pelotas. There is a general paper about the diseases diagnosed in this specie related by etiologic agent. This paper establishes the importance of dermatological diseases, including equine sarcoid and squamous cell carcinoma as a cause of economic losses in equines. It also demonstrates that leucoencephalomalacia, rabies, thromboembolism by Strongylus vulgaris and equine monocytic ehrlichiosis are the leading causes of death in horses in the region. Other three papers are presented: two related to the causes of abortion and the one about the epidemiology of pythiosis. These conditions are important causes of economic losses in the breeding of horses in the region.