Frecuencia de patologías virales en felinos, métodos de diagnósticos y manejo terapéutico establecidos por médicos veterinarios en la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The most frequent viral pathologies that we can find in felines are feline calicivirus, feline immunodeficiency, feline leukemia, feline herpesvirus, feline infectious peritonitis, while the diagnostic methods used to diagnose them are rapid tests, PCR, Rivalta test, and ELISA. The objective of this project is to determine the frequency of viral pathologies in cats, diagnostic methods and therapeutic management established by veterinarians in the city of Guayaquil. Regarding the methodology, it was carried out based on a descriptive, non-experimental approach, through a survey of 100 veterinarians that contained 16 questions related to viral pathologies, diagnostic methods and therapeutic management based on the results of the surveys that were carried out in where they were going to share with us about the viral pathologies that they diagnose and how to treat them, among the options that were detailed for the three areas of the city of Guayaquil, the South area is the one that most frequently manages to present a higher rate of cases, The method that the veterinarian uses the most to find a viral case is PCR, therefore it is of fundamental importance in knowing the factors in which the feline acquires said diseases, in how to act when a case occurs, in how corroborate to help other doctors by sharing the different opinions within the office, and on how to disinfect contaminated areas to that there is no viral load in which the animal can be infected.