A retrospective study on cases of equine skin diseases referred to University Veterinary Hospital (UVH), UPM from year 2011 until 2015

Mohammad Azman, Nur Ain (2016) A retrospective study on cases of equine skin diseases referred to University Veterinary Hospital (UVH), UPM from year 2011 until 2015. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

A retrospective study on cases of equine skin diseases referred to University Veterinary Hospital (UVH), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) from the year 2011 until 2015 was carried out. This study describes the incidence and prevalence rates for various types of skin diseases, and determines the relationship between disease occurrences with its contributing factors, which are the gender, breed, purpose of horse, climatic season and lesion distribution on body regions. Records were retrieved from equine case log book at UVH, UPM. A total of 666 skin cases were identified from a total of 3060 equine cases throughout the 5 years. Average cases of equine cutaneous diseases reported within the 5 years period were 133 cases; with prevalence rates of 25.19 % (year 2011), 24.04% (year 2012), 21.04 % (year 2013), 17.41 % (year 2014) and 21.52 % (year 2015). The highest incidence of equine skin diseases was traumatic injuries, followed by dermatophilosis, cutaneous myiasis, insect bite hypersensitivity, dermatophytosis and exuberant granulation tissue. There was no relationship observed between sex and breed with disease distribution. Horses that were used for leisure riding showed the highest number of skin cases, and occurrence of certain skin diseases in horses were reported in either dry or wet season in Malaysia. There was also a characteristic pattern on lesion distribution on body regions for particular diseases; although most of them were generalized.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Depositing User:	Ms Nurhaznita Mahmood
Date Deposited:	05 Aug 2024 03:21
Last Modified:	05 Aug 2024 03:33
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/536

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