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Paul Ruiz Santos, Gonzalo Suárez, Juan Pablo Damián
La consulta por problemas de comportamiento debidos a agresividad canina representa un alto porcentaje de la atención clínica en veterinarias. En este trabajo realizamos una encuesta a médicos veterinarios de 100 clínicas veterinarias de Montevideo (Uruguay) con el objetivo de conocer como abordaban a sus pacientes perros agresivos en consulta. En casos de agresividad canina, los tratamientos más indicados por los veterinarios son el entrenamiento de obediencia (91%), la prescripción de psicofármacos (47%), indicar la eutanasia (28%) o implementar el procedimiento quirúrgico de la castración (7%). Ante consultas de agresividad canina, el 50% de los veterinarios opta por derivar el paciente a un entrenador y solo el 14% solicita exámenes colaterales. Es de resaltar el bajo porcentaje de veterinarios que utiliza exámenes colaterales para descartar o confirmar diagnósticos de agresividad canina, el uso acotado en la variedad de psicofármacos a emplear y el rol preponderante del uso de la eutanasia.
Consultation for behavioral problems due to canine aggression represents a high percentage of clinical attention in veterinarians. In this work, we conducted a survey of veterinarians from 100 veterinary clinics in Montevideo (Uruguay) with the objective of knowing how they handle their patients aggressive dogs in consultation, and which are the main therapeutic indications suggested. The results showed that a fifth of the dogs are aggressive with the veterinarian. The veterinarians of Montevideo mainly resort to the use of muzzle and pharmacological treatment to be able to take care of the aggressive dogs, besides a correct evaluation of risk of aggression. In cases of canine aggression, the treatments most indicated by veterinarians are obedience training (91%), prescribing psychopharmaceuticals (47%), indicating euthanasia (28%) or implementing the surgical procedure of castration (7%). In case of canine aggressiveness, 50% of veterinarians choose to refer the patient to a trainer and only 14% request collateral exams. In conclusion, veterinarians in Montevideo correctly perceive the indicators and signs of canine aggression and perform approaches and management of aggressive dogs as recommended in the literature, including physical methods of restraint. The low percentage of veterinarians who use collateral exams to rule out or confirm diagnoses of canine aggression, the limited use of the variety of psychotropic drugs to be used and the predominant role of the use of euthanasia is noteworthy.
