Salmonelose em potro: relato de caso

Oliveira, Dener Airton dos Santos Arruda deRocha, Itanê MoreiraOliveira, Raylson Pereira deBarros, Isabella de OliveiraPereira, Fabrício BrandãoLira, Nair Silva Cavalcante de

This case report aimed to show a foal treatment with acute salmonellosis. The male foal was a month years old American quarter horse, weighing 51 kg. In its anamnesis, it wasreported that the animal had fetid yellowish-green diarrhea evolving faster. On clinical examination, the animal presented absent appetite, dehydration, high capillary refill time, enlarged lymphnodes, fever, a heart rate of 44 bpm, respiratory of 15 mpm and intestinal hypermotility. The diagnosis was based on clinical suspicion. In the first hours of hospitalization, it was administered drugs aiming to restore the loss of fluids and electrolytes, decreased fluid secretion, control of endotoxemia and restoration of normal microbiota. The proposed treatment was effective in controlling equine salmonellosis, recovering the physiological condition of the patient.

1. Sinais clínicos
2. Endotoxemia
3. Clinical diagnosis
4. Clinical signs
5. Diagnóstico clínico