DERMATITIS CANINA EN EL DISTRITO DE MIRAFLORES, LIMA, PERÚ

Franco Ceino; Elizabeth Changa; Jocelyn Benites

doi:10.31381/biotempo.v15i1.1690

Authors

Franco Ceino Laboratorio de Farmacología y Patología Clínica Veterinaria. Escuela de Ciencias Veterinarias de la Universidad Ricardo Palma (URP). Lima, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4536-7944
Elizabeth Changa Veterinaria Mi Mascota Fiel, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0648-4213
Jocelyn Benites Laboratorio de Farmacología y Patología Clínica Veterinaria. Escuela de Ciencias Veterinarias de la Universidad Ricardo Palma (URP). Lima, Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31381/biotempo.v15i1.1690

Abstract

Canine dermatitis is one of the most common diagnoses in daily veterinary practice and aff ects a large number of the
dog population. Th is research determined the type of dermatitis that occurred most often in daily consultations in three
Veterinary Clinics of Mirafl ores district, Lima, Peru. For this, we collected data from clinical histories from 2004 to 2014
of dogs attended in this district. We analyzed and compared the sex, age and race of the animal along with the presence of
dermatitis. Out of 5968 medical histories, 1584 (26.54%) were positive for dermatitis. According to our data the highest
number of cases reported in the classifi cation was dermatitis due to infectious agents with a total of 1144 cases (72.22%).
Secondly, immunological dermatitis was found in 200 cases (12.62%) and, thirdly, there was allergic dermatitis seen in
188 cases (11.86%). As for breeds, mixed-type canines had higher numbers of cases of dermatitis (20.45%) than pure
breeds. Th e most aff ected age group corresponded to adult dogs, with 76.76% of cases.