Experimental study of induced inflammation in the Brazilian Boa (Boa constrictor constrictor).
J Comp Pathol
; 125(2-3): 174-81, 2001.
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ABSTRACT
The objective of this work was to identify the cellular types present in inflammatory processes in the Brazilian snake, Boa constrictor constrictor. Blood smears were first made from three normal snakes and stained by several methods to identify the cell types present, thus facilitating the identification of cells in inflammatory processes induced in 16 further snakes by the subcutaneous implantation of cotton suture threads and circular coverslips. Implanted threads induced migration of heterophils and monocytes after 4 h, more intense monocyte migration after 24 h, an intense granulocytic migration inside and around the thread after 48 h, heterophilic granulocytes, macrophages and giant cells after 7 days, and giant cells with a typical granuloma response and persistence of heterophilic cells after 15, 69 and 117 days. The cell population attached to the implanted coverslips after 4 h was composed of heterophils, thrombocytes, erythrocytes and macrophages; after 24 and 48 h heterophils predominated, and after 7 days heterophils, macrophages and giant cells predominated.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Reação a Corpo Estranho
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Boidae
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Implantes Experimentais
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Comp Pathol
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil