Própolis vermelha e guaco na analgesia cirúrgica de cadelas

Abstract

Pain in the veterinary clinical-surgical routine has acquired a high relevance in the last decade, being extremely important to be able to identify it, to measure the degree and to treat it adequately. Ovariohysterectomy (OH) is one of the most performed surgeries in the surgical practice of small animals, considered as a procedure that promotes moderate to severe visceral pain. The measurement of pain in animals is a challenge, however, today we rely on constant research for the development of evaluative pain scales, performed through assessments of physiological and behavioral signals. Among the most used scales are: The Visual analogue scale (VAS), the University of Melbourne pain scale (UMPS) and the Glasgow composite measure pain scale (GCMPS). There is a variety of drugs that can be used to control postoperative pain, among them is ketoprofen, which is one of the most widely used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and considered highly effective in dogs submitted to OH. However, phytotherapeutic drugs with analgesic, anti-inflammatory and possible minor side effects are currently being studied. Propolis is a natural product of great acceptance for its pharmacological properties, attributed mainly by the presence of flavonoids and isoflavonoids in its composition. The guaco, a natural product well known in popular culture for its beneficial action on the respiratory system, presents in its composition the coumarins, mainly responsible for its therapeutic properties. This work brings together literature review and scientific research entitled "Effectiveness of red propolis and guaco in surgical analgesia of bitches", where forty dogs were divided into four groups: Control Treatment (CT), Propolis Treatment (PT), Guaco Treatment (GT) and Propolis-guaco Treatment (PGT), with the purpose of evaluating the post-surgical analgesic effect of Alagoas red propolis and guaco in relation to ketoprofen in dogs submitted to OH, the four treatments were statistically satisfactory, however, considering the lower index of complications and analgesic rescues the PGT were more effective and safer.