Ocorrência de doenças simultâneas em cães geriátricos domiciliados atendidos em Centro de Saúde Animal, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ: uma abordagem clínica

Abstract

Advances in Veterinary Medicine have made it possible to develop the means of diagnosis and treatment, collaborating to improve veterinary care of companion animals, which has influenced the quality of life and increased life expectancy in geriatric dogs. For this purpose, the records of 207 dogs aged seven years or more, all attended during the period from September 2011 to July 2012 in Veterinary Clinic, located in Barra da Tijuca, West Zone of the city of Rio of January, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Only those animals that were evaluated through routine clinical care participated in the study. Fifty-six percent of the animals with geriatric age had at least one condition clinically diagnosed. Skin diseases were observed in 45 (21.95%) of 205 animals examined; heart disease in 45 (21.84%) of the 206 examined; neurological diseases in 14 (6.86%) of the 204 examined; locomotor disorders in 14 (6.86%) of the 204 examined; neurological diseases in 14 (6.86%) of the 204 animals examined and respiratory diseases in 9 (4.39%) of 205 dogs examined. Somehow they were associated with some other concomitant infection as geriatric age sequels since most of the animals examined were small in size where the age ranged from 12 to 15 years.