Índices epidemiológicos em potros puro sangue inglês, do nascimento até os seis meses de vida, na região de Bagé-RS

Abstract

It was evaluate 642 Thoroughbred foals during the first six months of live in two propertys in Bagé – RS, since 2001 to 2004. With the objective to determine epidemic index which will reflect the reality of the place above the essential clinical alteration that affected foals. The evaluation consisted in clinical examination and application of complementary means by diagnostic. It was checked the morbility of 76,6% and 2,5% in mortality, the alteration was consolidated in muscle-skeletic system (40,1%), respiratory (15,1%), digestory (13,8%) and cases of trauma (15,4%). The clinical alteration that affected the muscle-eskeletic system was situated since July until November. The clinical alteration in the other systems showed distribution more constant with higher incident during August to December. The agents of risk statistic significant for digestory system was the year, month and date of birth; for respiratory the age; for muscle-skeletic system the age, month and year; and for trauma events in property, age and date of birth. The gender wasn’t be important risk factor to any clinical alteration estimated in systems. Foals born on September showed increase of risk event by clinic alteration. Foals created in places with greatest flux of animals are not be necessary much expose to clinic alteration by muscleskeletic , respiratory and digestory systems.