Piroplasmid Infections Among Domestic Dogs in the Mountain City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

PURPOSE: The aim of the present study was to analyze the frequency of the piroplasmids in blood from dogs and ticks recovered from these animals in Teresópolis city, located in the mountain region of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. In addition to the clinical and hematological profile. METHODS: A total of 400 dogs attended in a veterinary clinic in this city between 2020 and 2021 were included. The blood was collected from the dogs, along with ticks and information on these dogs was obtained through a questionnaire applied to the owners. Thin-smear analyses and complete blood counts were performed. All forms characteristic of piroplasmids were measured and classified morphologically. The blood was also subjected to PCR assays based on the genes 18S rRNA and hsp70. In addition, the ixodid ticks were classified morphologically and subjected to PCR for piroplasmids research. The amplified products were sent for gene sequencing. RESULTS: Piroplasmids were detected in 2.3% of the dogs. The variables statistically associated with infections in these animals were hemorrhage/bleeding, jaundice, anisocytosis, activated monocytes and macroplatelets (p ≤ 0.05). Piriform, ring-shaped, oval and aberrant structures were viewed in erythrocytes, neutrophils and monocytes, with lengths greater than and less than 2.5 µm. The nine positive samples from these dogs were characterized as due to Rangelia vitalii. However, one sequence from B. vogeli was detected in a single adult specimen of R. sanguineus. CONCLUSION: Although circulation of two species of piroplasmids potentially infective for domestic dogs has been observed in the mountain city of Rio de Janeiro, infection due to R. vitalii was mostly seen in the dogs of the present study.

Use of 2% methylene blue dye for location of axillary lymph node in bitches (Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758) / Uso do corante azul de metileno a 2% na localização do linfonodo axilar em cadelas (Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758)

A biopsy of sentinel lymph node (SLN) is increasingly used to determine tumor clinical staging. The involvement of lymph nodes in veterinary patients has strong prognostic value in mammary gland tumors. There is a lack of well established guidelines for the evaluation of the SLN in veterinary medicine. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the efficacy of 2% methylene blue dye in identifying axillary lymph node in dogs. Thus, we used 101 bitches suffering from breast lesions that underwent unilateral or bilateral mastectomy. Before surgery, sterile 2% methylene blue solution was applied intradermally in the area around the cranial thoracic gland. The dye was effective in identifying axillary lymph node in 76.27% of mammary chains. Blue stained structures similar to lymph nodes were obtained in 78.81% of cases and 96.77% of these structures were confirmed histopathologically as lymph nodes. Given the prognostic significance of lymph node involvement in some tumors, evaluation of SLN should be incorporated into clinical routine in order to allow a more accurate clinical staging of bitches with breast cancer...

A biopsia de linfonodo sentinela (LS) é cada vez mais utilizada para a determinação do estadiamento clínico tumoral. O acometimento de linfonodos em animais com doença oncológica possui forte valor prognóstico no tumor da glândula mamária. Em medicina veterinária faltam diretrizes bem estabelecidas para a avaliação do LS. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a eficácia do corante azul de metileno a 2% na identificação do linfonodo axilar em cadelas com lesões mamárias. Para tanto, foram utilizadas 101 cadelas, portadoras de lesões mamárias, submetidas à mastectomia radical unilateral ou bilateral. Antes do início da cirurgia, aplicou-se, por via intradérmica, na área ao redor da mama torácica cranial, solução de azul de metileno a 2% estéril. O corante foi eficaz na identificação do linfonodo axilar em 76,27% das cadeias mamárias. Obtiveram-se estruturas coradas em azul, semelhantes a linfonodos em 78,81% dos casos. Dessas estruturas, 96,77% foram confirmadas ao exame histopatológico como linfonodos. Dada a importância prognóstica do comprometimento de linfonodos em alguns tumores, a avaliação do LS deve ser incorporada à rotina clínica, de modo a permitir um estadiamento mais preciso das cadelas com neoplasia mamária...

Uso da terapia fotodinâmica empregando azul de metileno a 2% como agente fotossensibilizante para o controle de crescimento tumoral em calopsita (Nynphicus hollandicus) portador de sarcoma / Use of photodynamic therapy using methylene blue 2% as photosensitizing agent to control tumor growthin a cockatiel (Nynphicus hollandicus) carrier sarcoma

Os sarcomas são neoplasias de origem mesenquimal. Os sarcomas são neoplasias de origem mesenquimal, sendo considerados tumores agressivos que frequentemente gerammetástases e rápida debilidade. A indicação terapêutica é a exérese tumoral enquanto ainda não houver metástases. A terapiafotodinâmica tem sido utilizada para o tratamento de neoplasias tanto em humanos quanto em animais e muitos estudos têm sidodesenvolvidos de maneira a aprimorar e avaliar a efetividade da técnica. Uma calopsita (Nynphycus hollandicus) foi levada paraatendimento no Hospital Veterinário Professor Firmino Mársico Filho (HUVET-UFF) apresentando nódulo em região escapuloumeral.O diagnóstico citopatológico concluiu sarcoma. Devido à localização e impossibilidade de exérese cirúrgica, optou-sepela realização da terapia fotodinâmica utilizando-se o azul de metileno a 2% como agente fotossensibilizador e fonte de luz laserdiodo (Vetlight®). A terapia fotodinâmica empregando o azul de metileno como agente fotossensibilizante foi eficaz no controle docrescimento tumoral até os 30 dias posteriores observados.

Sarcoma are tumors of mesenchymal origin. They are aggressive tumors that frequently metastasize and rapid weakness. Thetherapeutic indication is the resection while there is still no metastasis. Photodynamic therapy has been used for the treatment ofcancer in both humans and animals and many studies have been developed in order to improve and enhance the effectivenessof the techniques. A Nynphycus hollandicus was brought to HUVET-UFF clinical service presenting a lump in scapulohumeralregion. The citological exam had a diagnosis of sarcoma. Due to its location and inability to surgical excision, was decided bythe completion of photodynamic therapy using methylene blue at 2% as a phosensitizing agent and laser diode light source(Vetlight®). Photodynamic therapy using methylene blue as photosensitizing agent was effective in controlling growth up to 30days later observed.