Since the dawn of mankind, humans have been closely associated with animals, over time, these animals have become members of the family, necessitating more specific health care. The Healthy Pet Extension Project aimed to bring clinical care in the area of Small Animal Clinic to the most needy communities in the municipality of Bom Jesus-PI. Visits were made to the communities to conduct consultations, to collect material for examinations and to provide guidelines on the promotion of animal health. In addition, banners and folders were made in public squares and free fairs and contained important information on the creation of dogs and cats. The population served by the students was satisfied with the attendance; in addition, the project was important for the students involved, because through it enabled an interaction of the theory learned in the course of the course with the practice exercised in the care. It is concluded that the extension project is of great importance for both the academic community and the population. With regard to students, it is possible to reconcile theory with practice, as well as obtaining experience mainly in the area of medical practice of dogs and cats, thus contributing to their professional future. As far as the population served hears guidelines and clarifications regarding responsible care, vaccination, food and general care with domestic animals.

Ethical and commercial issues are associated with animal welfare in pig farming, in that sense, the objective of this work was to evaluate physiological and blood parameters in addition to weight gain in pigs raised with and without sunlight and environmental enrichment (EE), as well as to correlate physiological and environmental parameters as welfare indicators. Twenty-four pigs distributed in a randomized block design with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement were used. Blocks were represented by shifts (morning and afternoon), and factors by the presence or absence of EE and sunlight. Blood and environmental parameters of thermal comfort, in addition to weight gain, were registered. Physiological parameters showed to be shift dependent (p < 0.05), with the afternoon shift being superior when compared to the morning shift, thus indicating climate influence. Weight gain showed significant interactions (p < 0.05) in the presence and absence of sunlight and EE in the stalls. Temperature correlated positively with the physiological parameters. Moisture showed negative correlations with physiological parameters. The packed cell volume was lower (p < 0.05) in the presence of EE. The EE provides physiological well-being and weight gain for pigs in the nursery stage, especially when sunlight was absent in the stalls.

Objetivou-se, neste trabalho, fazer o relato de um caso de otite fúngica em um gato atendido no Hospital Veterinário Universitário do Campus Professora Cinobelina Elvas da Universidade Federal do Piauí, em Bom Jesus-PI. O animal foi encontrado, abandonado na rua, mostrando sinais de necrose e destruição da cartilagem auricular e foi levado para atendimento. Tratava-se de um felino, fêmea, com aproximadamente dois anos de idade e com um quadro de lesões dermatológicas na cabeça. Realizou-se anamnese onde se verificou presença de miíase. No exame físico geral observou-se que o animal apresentava um estado físico geral ruim, com desidratação, emagrecimento, dermatite úmida com destruição da cartilagem auricular, bilateralmente, e uma área de necrose caudal à implantação da cartilagem auricular esquerda. Diante dos sinais suspeitou-se de neoplasia ou esporotricose. Foi coletado material para exames laboratoriais. A citologia aspirativa não revelou sinais de neoplasia. No raspado de pele ficou evidenciada a presença de fungos que na cultura revelou tratar-se de Trichophyton mentagrophytes. O tratamento inicial do animal, além da retirada das miíases, foi com antibioticoterapia com penicilina (24.000 UI/kg) e estreptomicina (10mg/kg)/q5d/IM, limpeza e curativos diários. Após o resultado da cultura iniciou-se o tratamento com itraconazol 5 mg/kg/BID, via oral, porém o tratamento foi interrompido devido o animal ter fugido e não ter sido mais encontrado. Observa-se com isso, a importância dos meios complementares para diagnóstico desse tipo de patologia, bem como a importância de se identificar com brevidade o agente etiológico do processo, para com isso, evitar que animal sofra perda tecidual irreversível e passe por grandes desconfortos.