Avaliação da casuística de lesões testiculares em cães no município de Bagé-RS

Abstract

Testicular tumors represent the second most common type of neoplasm in the canine species and their casuistry is increasingly present within the clinic of companion animals. In this way, the veterinarian must have extensive knowledge about how these pathologies are installed and develop, thus aiming to treat and give a better quality of life to their patients. The present study aimed to evaluate testicles from elective and therapeutic orchiectomies in order to diagnose testicular lesions. This study was conducted at the Universidade Federal de Pelotas from March 2021 to October 2022. According to histopathology, tumors can be classified into seminoma, interstitial cell tumors and sertolioma. Data from the animals were taken into account, such as: breed, age, weight, size, presence or absence of cryptorchidism to evaluate the predisposition. Regarding the animals in the present study, 18 were dogs without defined breed (54.5%) and 15 dogs with defined breed (55.5%), in relation to age, 23 were animals were young (74.2%) and 10 animals were senile (25.8%). Among the neoplasms addressed in the study, it is noteworthy that 83.3% were interstitial cell tumors, followed by seminoma cell tumors with 16.6% and no sertolioma was diagnosed.