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The aim was to carry out a retrospective study of bovine anaplasmosis diagnosed at the Bovine Clinic of Garanhuns, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (CBG/UFRPE) from 2012 to 2021. A descriptive analysis was performed of the epidemiological, clinical, and hematological data of 230 clinical records of cattle of different age groups. The disease represented 79.9% of the hemoparasites diagnosed at the Institution. Females aged ? 24 months of taurine lineage and their crosses, reared under intensive and semi-intensive systems, were the most affected. A higher occurrence of the disease was observed in the months of August to December. The most frequently observed clinical findings were apathy, decreased appetite, icteric mucous membranes, and tachycardia. Spontaneous abortion occurred in 12.8% of pregnant cows. Hematological findings revealed regenerative anemia, and the severity of the anemia was associated with a greater intensity of bone marrow response. Antimicrobials (oxytetracycline LA and enrofloxacin) were effective in reducing parasitemia, which, together with blood transfusion, were essential for the patient's clinical improvement. Clinical resolution with hospital discharge occurred in 82.6% of patients, with a mean hospital stay of eight days. Anaplasmosis was the most frequent hemoparasitosis in CBG/UFRPE. It is important to provide guidance measures for producers in the region, especially at the end of the rainy season before the dry season, so that the diagnosis and disease treatment are carried out as early as possible, allowing a faster recovery and return of the animals to production, and thus minimizing the economic impact to the dairy basin of the state of Pernambuco.

The aim was to carry out a retrospective study of bovine anaplasmosis diagnosed at the Bovine Clinic of Garanhuns, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (CBG/UFRPE) from 2012 to 2021. A descriptive analysis was performed of the epidemiological, clinical, and hematological data of 230 clinical records of cattle of different age groups. The disease represented 79.9% of the hemoparasites diagnosed at the Institution. Females aged ? 24 months of taurine lineage and their crosses, reared under intensive and semi-intensive systems, were the most affected. A higher occurrence of the disease was observed in the months of August to December. The most frequently observed clinical findings were apathy, decreased appetite, icteric mucous membranes, and tachycardia. Spontaneous abortion occurred in 12.8% of pregnant cows. Hematological findings revealed regenerative anemia, and the severity of the anemia was associated with a greater intensity of bone marrow response. Antimicrobials (oxytetracycline LA and enrofloxacin) were effective in reducing parasitemia, which, together with blood transfusion, were essential for the patient's clinical improvement. Clinical resolution with hospital discharge occurred in 82.6% of patients, with a mean hospital stay of eight days. Anaplasmosis was the most frequent hemoparasitosis in CBG/UFRPE. It is important to provide guidance measures for producers in the region, especially at the end of the rainy season before the dry season, so that the diagnosis and disease treatment are carried out as early as possible, allowing a faster recovery and return of the animals to production, and thus minimizing the economic impact to the dairy basin of the state of Pernambuco.

The aim was to carry out a retrospective study of bovine anaplasmosis diagnosed at the Bovine Clinic of Garanhuns, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (CBG/UFRPE) from 2012 to 2021. A descriptive analysis was performed of the epidemiological, clinical, and hematological data of 230 clinical records of cattle of different age groups. The disease represented 79.9% of the hemoparasites diagnosed at the Institution. Females aged ? 24 months of taurine lineage and their crosses, reared under intensive and semi-intensive systems, were the most affected. A higher occurrence of the disease was observed in the months of August to December. The most frequently observed clinical findings were apathy, decreased appetite, icteric mucous membranes, and tachycardia. Spontaneous abortion occurred in 12.8% of pregnant cows. Hematological findings revealed regenerative anemia, and the severity of the anemia was associated with a greater intensity of bone marrow response. Antimicrobials (oxytetracycline LA and enrofloxacin) were effective in reducing parasitemia, which, together with blood transfusion, were essential for the patient's clinical improvement. Clinical resolution with hospital discharge occurred in 82.6% of patients, with a mean hospital stay of eight days. Anaplasmosis was the most frequent hemoparasitosis in CBG/UFRPE. It is important to provide guidance measures for producers in the region, especially at the end of the rainy season before the dry season, so that the diagnosis and disease treatment are carried out as early as possible, allowing a faster recovery and return of the animals to production, and thus minimizing the economic impact to the dairy basin of the state of Pernambuco.

The aim was to carry out a retrospective study of bovine anaplasmosis diagnosed at the Bovine Clinic of Garanhuns, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (CBG/UFRPE) from 2012 to 2021. A descriptive analysis was performed of the epidemiological, clinical, and hematological data of 230 clinical records of cattle of different age groups. The disease represented 79.9% of the hemoparasites diagnosed at the Institution. Females aged ? 24 months of taurine lineage and their crosses, reared under intensive and semi-intensive systems, were the most affected. A higher occurrence of the disease was observed in the months of August to December. The most frequently observed clinical findings were apathy, decreased appetite, icteric mucous membranes, and tachycardia. Spontaneous abortion occurred in 12.8% of pregnant cows. Hematological findings revealed regenerative anemia, and the severity of the anemia was associated with a greater intensity of bone marrow response. Antimicrobials (oxytetracycline LA and enrofloxacin) were effective in reducing parasitemia, which, together with blood transfusion, were essential for the patient's clinical improvement. Clinical resolution with hospital discharge occurred in 82.6% of patients, with a mean hospital stay of eight days. Anaplasmosis was the most frequent hemoparasitosis in CBG/UFRPE. It is important to provide guidance measures for producers in the region, especially at the end of the rainy season before the dry season, so that the diagnosis and disease treatment are carried out as early as possible, allowing a faster recovery and return of the animals to production, and thus minimizing the economic impact to the dairy basin of the state of Pernambuco.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi descrever as informações clínico-epidemiológicas e a conduta terapêutica empregada em dois bovinos adultos acometidos pela síndrome do jejuno hemorrágico (SJH). A enfermidade cursa com enterite necro-hemorrágica aguda e pode levar à obstrução intestinal pela formação de coágulos sanguíneos. Sua ocorrência tem sido relatada em vários países, entretanto, no Brasil é pouco diagnosticada. Os animais, com histórico de anorexia, cólica, redução na produção leiteira e fezes de aspecto sanguinolento, foram atendidos na Clínica de Bovinos, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. O diagnóstico foi baseado nos achados clínicos, laboratoriais, ultrassonográficos e cirúrgico; sendo clinicamente evidenciada ressonância metálica no flanco direito, aumento da tensão abdominal, além de alteração nas características das fezes. A análise do fluido ruminal revelou comprometimento da microbiota e elevação nos teores de cloretos. No hemograma houve inversão da proporção linfócitos/segmentados e hiperfibrinogenemia no primeiro animal, enquanto no segundo ocorreu leucocitose por neutrofilia com desvio para esquerda e hipoproteinemia. A ultrassonografia evidenciou hipomotilidade, dilatação de segmentos intestinais e conteúdo com imagem ecogênica em sua luz, sugestivo de coágulos sanguíneos. Em um dos animais a laparotomia exploratória à direita foi utilizada como método diagnóstico e terapêutico, no outro animal, a conduta terapêutica realizada foi a medicamentosa. Embora a literatura relate baixo sucesso nos tratamentos da SJH, as abordagens empregadas nos animais deste trabalho foram eficientes, pois promoveram satisfatória recuperação clínica dos animais.

Esse trabalho tem por finalidade descrever a ocorrência e os aspectos clínicos da ruptura do músculo Gastrocnêmio em três animais (um bovino, um caprino e uma lhama) de idades diferentes, fêmeas, criados de forma semi-intensiva em propriedades distintas, que foram atendidos na Clínica de Bovinos de Garanhuns, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, cujos proprietários queixavam-se de problema locomotor. Essa enfermidade é rara ou incomum na clínica de ruminantes e, portanto, ainda pouco relatada. As principais causas relacionadas são os traumas e neuropatias pós-parturiente, sendo o diagnóstico geralmente clínico, baseando-se na identificação e no reconhecimento das alterações musculoesqueléticas e da postura, que são características. Os achados clínicos encontrados nos animais atendidos foram incapacidade e\ou dificuldade de levantar e ficar em estação, alteração na marcha, postura característica e inflamação local. Em dois animais a ruptura do músculo foi total e no outro a lesão foi parcial. Diante do prognóstico desfavorável indicou-se o abate do caprino e, em detrimento da idade da lhama, foi instituído tratamento com utilização de anti-inflamatórios não esteroides, porém sem sucesso. No caso do bovino, sugeriu-se a permanência temporária do animal, em espaço restrito, a fim de aproveitar a sua produção láctea. Dada à importância funcional desse músculo, sua ruptura compromete a viabilidade produtiva do animal afetado.