Ocorrência dos principais sinais clínicos em cães positivos para cinomose, atendidos no Hospital Veterinário da UFMT (HOVET-UFMT)

Abstract

Canine distemper is an infectious disease caused by a virus belonging to the family Paramyxoviridae, of the genus Morbilivirus. It is a highly pathogenic and virulent virus, however, of low resistance. It is a disease considered multisystemic, since the virus has the ability to reach various systems of the body. The main clinical signs of distemper include: unproductive cough, sneezing, nasal and ocular discharge, myoclonus, seizure, dermatitis, among others. This work aims to analyze the main clinical signs presented by animals seen at the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Mato Grosso, and which showed a positive diagnosis for distemper. Regarding the data collected, he observed that anorexia was the most frequent clinical sign in patients, with 86.6% of cases, followed by myoclonus, with 71% and ocular secretion, with 59.3%. According to this study, it is observed that distemper is capable of manifesting itself in different ways, both in the systemic form and in the neurological form of the disease. The way it will occur depends, mainly on the animal's immune status, as well as the presence of an adequate vaccine protocol.