VERSÃO PARA DONOS DE ANIMAIS DE ESTIMAÇÃO

Mormo (farcy) em cães

PorDana G. Allen, DVM, MSc, DACVIM, Ontario Veterinary College;

Bert E. Stromberg, PhD, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota;J. P. Dubey, MVSc, PhD, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, USDA;Paul Ettestad, DVM, MS, Epidemiology and Response Division, New Mexico Department of Health;Jodie Low Choy, BVSc, BVMS, IVAS Cert, Menzies School of Health Research; University Avenue Veterinary Hospital, Northern Territory, Australia;Joseph Taboada, DVM, DACVIM, Office of Student and Academic Affairs, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University;Charles O. Thoen, DVM, PhD, Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University;John F. Timoney, MVB, PhD, Department of Veterinary Science, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky;Ian Rodney Tizard, BVMS, BSc, PhD, DSc (Hons), DACVM, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University;Geoffrey W. Smith, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-LAIM, Zoetis;Martin E. Hugh-Jones, VetMB, MPH, PhD, MRCVS, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University;Henry R. Stämpfli, DMV, Dr Med Vet, DACVIM-LAIM, Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph;Kate E. Creevy, DVM, MS, DACVIM-SAIM, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A & M University;Gad Baneth, DVM, PhD, DECVCP, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University, Rehovot;Katharine F. Lunn, BVMS, PhD, DACVIM-SAIM, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University;Reinhard K. Straubinger, DrMedVetHabil, PhD, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, LMU;Jodie Low Choy, BVSc, BVMS, IVAS Cert, Menzies School of Health Research; University Avenue Veterinary Hospital, Northern Territory, Australia;Manuals Staff;Márcio Garcia Ribeiro, DVM, PhD, Department of Animal Production and Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil;Thomas Wittek, Dr Med Vet, DECBHM, University Clinic for Ruminants, Department of Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna;Yasuko Rikihisa, PhD, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University;Janet E. Foley, DVM, PhD, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis

Revisado/Corrigido jun. 2018 | Modificado set. 2024

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O mormo é uma doença contagiosa, de curso agudo ou crônico, geralmente fatal, que acomete equinos e é causada pela bactéria Burkholderia mallei. A doença é caracterizada pelo desenvolvimento de uma série de nódulos ulcerativos. Os nódulos são mais comumente encontrados no trato respiratório superior, nos pulmões e na pele. Pessoas, cães, gatos e outras espécies são suscetíveis, porém as infecções em cães são incomuns. As infecções em pessoas são frequentemente fatais.

A prevenção e o controle dependem da detecção precoce e da eliminação dos animais afetados. É necessária quarentena completa e desinfecção rigorosa de toda a habitação e objetos que tenham entrado em contato com o animal infectado. A eutanásia é geralmente recomendada para animais infectados.

Consulte também o conteúdo profissional referente ao mormo.