RELEVANCE OF THE HEALTH CONDITION AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SPOROTRICHOSIS

Abstract

Feline sporotrichosis is a zoonosis caused by S. brasiliensis, and it presents a degree of great underreporting due to its contamination. Caused by inoculation directly into the skin, in most cases through scratches or bites by infected animals. With its first diagnosis in 1907 among naturally infected mice. The study presents information on the health of the animal, composed of 24 felines of both sexes, obtaining information through questionnaires about food along with vaccination, deworming, and ectoparasites control. In addition to depicting the types of injuries and body parts such as head, limbs, and trunk. Seeking to provide important information about animal health, along with the follow-up of a Veterinary Doctor. General care that meets the health of no animal meets all care. The disease may present some systemic symptoms such as secretions, anorexia, apathy, difficulty breathing, fever, ulcers, and abscesses. In the study, 4% of the cats had a respiratory clinical picture. Regarding the lesions, it was mostly noted that 96% of the felines had multiple lesions and 4% had single lesions in the areas of the body, being 67% of secretion with pure bloody characteristics and 33% had no secretions, with the main sites of involvement being 58% in the head region, 36% in the limbs and 6% in the trunk. Factors related to feline immunocompromise may result in more severe cases of sporotrichosis as observed in the study animals. All information obtained was evaluated using basic descriptive statistics. Relative frequency values and percentage values were assigned to the variables observed in the research.