“…Accidents due to canine aggression, such as bites, are common in Brazil (HADDAD JÚNIOR et al, 2013) and can be fatal, consisting of a worldwide public health problem, with the biggest victims being children, who often need to be hospitalized for surgical debridement of wounds or intravenous antibiotic therapy (MORGAN;PALMER, 2007). In addition to polymicrobial, viral, and fungal infections (ABARCA et al, 2011), these accidents can generate important lacerations, and fractures (MORGAN; PALMER, 2007;HADDAD JUNIOR et al, 2013;SANTOS et al 2020), and even psychological consequences for aesthetic deformities generated after attacks (PARANHOS et al, 2013;ALENCAR et al, 2015).…”