Análise da ocorrência dos critérios de Favrot e das comorbidades apresentadas por cães com dermatite atópica atendidos no Hospital Veterinário da Universidade Federal Fluminense

Profile of the canine population with atopic dermatitis at the dermatology service of the Veterinary Hospital from Federal University of Minas Gerais

“…For sex, females were affected in 58% of cases, while males, 42%, data that corroborates with other national epidemiological studies (Amarante et al, 2016;Ribeiro et al, 2020;Couceiro et al, 2021 (Miller, Griffin & Campbell, 2013), it can be concluded from these studies that females have a higher diagnosis of AD than males.…”

“…The breed prevalence described here is also similar to the most commonly observed in São Paulo: shih tzu, lhasa apso, poodle, french bulldog, english bulldog and pug (Larsson & Lucas, 2020). In the present study was observed that 63,55% of dogs were up to seven years old at the time of diagnosis, corroborating the most common age of AD manifestation in the International literature (Miller et al, 2013) and with other national epidemiological studies (Branquinho & Castro, 2016;Santos & Santos, 2016;Ribeiro et al, 2020). Amarante et al (2015) found that 7,95% of atopic dogs were less than one year old at diagnosis and 21,97% were less than three years old.…”

“…In several Brazilian studies, the most prevalent pure breed was poodle (Santos & Santos, 2016;Alves et al, 2018;Ribeiro et al, 2020), differing from the present study, taking fifth place among pure breeds. A significant number of mixed breed atopic dogs was found, in agreement with other authors (Amarante et al, 2015;Santos & Santos, 2016;Alves et al, 2018;Couceiro et al, 2021).…”

“…Breed is an important aspect, represented in Table 1, since it has already been determined that genetic inheritance is a risk factor for the development of AD and the breed prevalence varies geographically worldwile. It was observed that dogs of specific breed have a greater predisposition than dogs of mixed breed (Amarante et al, 2015;Alves et al, 2018;Ribeiro et al, 2020), as found in this present study, with 88,78% of the dogs having defined breed and 11,22% of them having mixed breed.…”

“…Although it does not exist as a pathognomonic clinical sign, pruritus is the most important sign in dogs with AD, and it should be present, because it's absence excludes the diagnosis of this disease (Favrot et al, 2010). Pruritus was the main clinical sign reported by the owners in 78,50% of the cases, a lower finding compared to the presence of pruritus in study from Ribeiro et al (2020), with 94,6% and Alves et al (2018), with 81,8I%. In 63,10% of the cases the pruritus was alesional at the time of diagnosis.…”