Estudo de lesões hepáticas em cães e gatos e intoxicações em felinos

Abstract

This dissertation deals with hepatic-biliary disorders in dogs and cats diagnosed in the pathology sector of the UFPEL Veterinary School in a period of 38 years. The data are presented in a study cataloging the main diagnoses, with toxic and inflammatory causes being the most prevalent. There were 387 cases of dogs with hepatic-bile alterations, of which 24.9% were of toxic causes and 18.6% of inflammatory, infectious or parasitic causes, 13.6% of neoplastic causes, 12.1% of alterations degenerative diseases and 10.8% fibrotic changes. In 74 cats, 34.2% were of toxic origin, 19.2% of degenerative changes, 15% of neoplastic alterations and 9.6% of inflammatory causes. In this dissertation, 24 cases of intoxication in felines were reported, and the substances involved were coumarin derivatives, strychnine, ethylene glycol, fluoracetate, carpet glue, anti-fleas and Lilium sp. This data demonstrates the importance of hepatic-biliary alterations as cause of serious injuries and deaths in the regional casuistry in dogs and cats is concluded.