Politraumatismo em cães e gatos como causa de morte ou razão para eutanásia

Abstract

Polytraumatism is defined as multiple lesions in organic tissue, considered a major cause of mortis in small animals. The objective of this study was to conduct a clinical-epidemiological and anatomopathological survey of canine and domestic polytraumatized feline cases referred to the SPV / HUMV / UFRB, from January to 2014 to December 2018. Of the 36 cases analyzed, predominance of canine species (≈41.66) as well as non-breed animals (SRD) and animals aged 1 to 9 years, except for feline females that were less than 1 year old. In addition, they were classified as: Group 1 (G1-trample), group 2 (G2-unknown cause) group 3 (G3-fight with other animals) Group 4 (G4-human aggression) and Group 5 (G5-fugue). The main cause of polytrauma was trampling (41.17%), followed by unknown causes (≈16.66%) and fighting with other animals (≈27.77%). In G1, the main pathological lesion was spinal cord injury (47.22%), while in G2 there was a predominance of head injury (40.00%) and G3, due to perforation and laceration of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissue (100 %). The results of this study allow us to conclude the main causes of polytrauma in dogs and cats as well as the clinical-epidemiological and anatomopathological aspects.