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The aim of this study was to elucidate the cause of a neurological syndrome characterized by stridor in adult goats with clinical signs of copper deficiency. The main clinical signs consisted of apathy, emaciation, pale mucous membranes, mucous nasal discharge, dyspnea, severe achromotrichia, diffuse alopecia, torpor, ataxia, and stridor. When the goats were forced to move, the stridor increased. In a herd of 194 Toggenburg goats, 10 adult goats with clinical signs of copper deficiency were removed from the herd and divided into 2 groups: group 1, which consisted of 4 nannies and 1 buck with stridor, and group 2, which consisted of 4 nannies and 1 buck without stridor. Group 3, used as a control, consisted of 5 adult goats from another flock without any clinical signs of disease. The mean serum copper concentrations were 1.3 ± 0.3 µmol/L in group 1, 8.1 ± 1.1 µmol/L in group 2, and 11.3 ± 2.2 µmol/L in group 3. The mean serum iron concentrations were 42.3 ± 14.2 µmol/L in group 1, 39.1 ± 8.2 µmol/L in group 2, and 20.6 ± 6.1 µmol/L in group 3. The main histological lesions in goats from group 1 were axonal degeneration of the recurrent laryngeal nerves and atrophy of the muscles of vocal folds and of the dorsal cricoarytenoid and right and left cricothyroid muscles. Goats with ataxia had neuronal degeneration and necrosis of cerebellar Purkinje cells and of the cranial cervical ganglion. We concluded that the stridor was caused by axonal degeneration of the recurrent laryngeal nerves due to the severe copper deficiency.
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Cobre/deficiencia , Enfermedades de las Cabras/patología , Enfermedades de la Laringe/veterinaria , Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso/veterinaria , Animales , Femenino , Enfermedades de las Cabras/etiología , Cabras , Enfermedades de la Laringe/etiología , Enfermedades de la Laringe/patología , Músculos Laríngeos/inervación , Músculos Laríngeos/patología , Nervios Laríngeos/patología , Laringe/patología , Masculino , Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso/etiología , Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso/patología , Ruidos Respiratorios/veterinariaRESUMEN
The objective of the present study was to analyze the serum levels of the tumor marker Ca15.3 in healthy bitches and those with mammary neoplasms, correlating results with tumor type, clinical staging, time until presentation, and presence of ulceration and vascularization. For the study, 30 bitches with mammary tumors and 30 healthy bitches (control group) were selected. Histopathology was performed for identification of tumor type, and blood was collected for measurement of serum concentration of the marker via the chemiluminescence method using a commercial kit. A higher frequency of malignant neoplasms was observed (76.7%), with a higher quantity of carcinoma in mixed tumor (26.7%). Regarding serum concentration of the marker Ca15.3, there was no difference in serum values when comparing the means from bitches with neoplasia and healthy bitches, nor when comparing the other characteristics. The majority of results for serum concentration of Ca15.3, whether in bitches with neoplasia or in healthy bitches, was zero. It is concluded that the measurement of the marker Ca15.3 using the chemiluminescence method and commercial kits for humans did not offer significant results that would make this method or this marker a useful tool for patient monitoring and evaluation of the prognosis of bitches with mammary neoplasms.(AU)
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Animales , Femenino , Perros , Biomarcadores de Tumor/sangre , Neoplasias Mamarias Animales , Mucina-1/administración & dosificación , Luminiscencia , Electroquimioterapia/veterinariaRESUMEN
Conidiobolomycosis and pythiosis are important diseases of sheep in midwestern Brazil. Veterinary practitioners consider it difficult to differentiate between these diseases because they have similar clinical features. In this study, 186 sheep were subjected to necropsy examination over a 6-year period. Thirty (16.1%) cases of rhinitis in sheep that were caused by Conidiobolus lamprauges (n = 15) or Pythium insidiosum (n = 15) were investigated further. The lesions of C. lamprauges infection were mainly rhinopharyngeal (86.7%), localized to the ethmoidal region and associated with exophthalmos. The lesions appear as a white to yellow, firm mass that microscopically appears as a granulomatous inflammatory reaction with numerous giant cells. In contrast, P. insidiosum infection is associated with rhinofacial (93.3%) lesions that mainly involve the frontal region and hard palate and appear as an irregular, friable, yellow to red mass. Microscopically, pythiosis presents as diffuse necrotizing eosinophilic rhinitis. Immunohistochemistry using polyclonal antisera raised specifically against the two organisms was used to confirm the identity of the infectious agent in each disease. This study reports the first immunohistochemical diagnosis of conidiobolomycosis and the first description of a rhinopharyngeal lesion caused by P. insidiosum in sheep.
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Pitiosis/veterinaria , Infecciones del Sistema Respiratorio/patología , Rinitis/patología , Enfermedades de las Ovejas/patología , Cigomicosis/veterinaria , Animales , Conidiobolus , Inmunohistoquímica , Pitiosis/patología , Pythium , Infecciones del Sistema Respiratorio/microbiología , Rinitis/microbiología , Ovinos , Enfermedades de las Ovejas/microbiología , Oveja Doméstica , Cigomicosis/patologíaRESUMEN
The abortive properties and the clinical and pathological features of poisoning by the pods of Stryphnodendron fissuratum were studied in 8 pregnant goats. Two goats that ingested 3.25 g/kg body weight daily doses for 2 days, and 2 that ingested 2.5 g/kg daily doses for 3 days showed digestive clinical signs and aborted, but the animals that ingested 3 daily doses of 2.5 g/kg died. Lesions of the digestive system and liver were observed at necropsy. Two goats that ingested a single dose of 5.5 g/kg showed mild clinical signs and recovered without abortion. Another 2 goats that ingested single doses of 5 g/kg showed no clinical signs. These results demonstrate that Stryphnodendron fisuratum pods cause digestive disorders, liver disease, abortion and death.
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Aborto Veterinario/etiología , Fabaceae/envenenamiento , Animales , Enfermedades del Sistema Digestivo/etiología , Enfermedades del Sistema Digestivo/veterinaria , Femenino , Cabras , Hepatopatías/etiología , Hepatopatías/veterinaria , EmbarazoRESUMEN
Avaliaram-se 12 feridas granulomatosas em membros torácicos e pélvicos de equinos da raça Pantaneira. Foi realizado diagnóstico sugestivo para pitiose cutânea de acordo com as características clínicas das feridas e avaliação histopatológica, com as colorações de hematoxilina-eosina (HE) e Prata Metenamina de Grocott (GMS). A confirmação do diagnóstico foi realizada por exame imuno-histoquímico, método streptavidina-biotina marcada (LSAB). O diagnóstico histopatológico foi de dermatite piogranulomatosa, focal extensa, acentuada, associada a "pseudo-hifas" características de Pythium insidiosum (pitiose cutânea), nos 12 animais desta pesquisa. O diagnóstico de pitiose foi confirmado em 100% dos casos pela imunomarcação positiva (LSAB) para Pythium insidiosum, caracterizada pela visualização de estruturas ramificadas e septadas, sendo observados 100% de paridade entre as técnicas. É possível concluir que a caracterização clínica das feridas granulomatosas com aspecto de pitiose em equinos associada ao resultado histopatológico sugestivo para pitiose equina constituem métodos de diagnóstico confiáveis, os quais podem ser confirmados pela técnica de imuno-histoquímica.
Twelve granulomatous lesions in the thoracic and pelvic limbs of horses from pantaneira breed were evaluated. It was performed suggestive diagnostic of cutaneous pythiosis according to the clinic characteristics of the lesions and histopathological exams using hematoxylin and eosin (HE) and Grocott's methenamine silver (GMS) stains. The confirmation of the diagnoses was performed by the labelled streptavidin biotin (LSAB) method (immunohistochemistry). Extensive focal pyogranulomatous dermatitis associated with "pseudo hyphae" characteristic of Pythium insidiosum (subcutaneous pythiosis) was the histopathological diagnosis for all 12 horses used in this study. It was confirmed in 100% of the cases by the positive result to Pythium insidiosum in the immunohistochemistry exam, characterized by the visualization of branched and septated structures. It was observed 100% of parity between the techniques. We can conclude that clinical characterization of the granulomatous lesions with pythiosis aspects in horses associated with histopathology suggestive of equine pythiosis constitute a reliable method of diagnostic that can be confirmed by immunohistochemistry technique.
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Animales , Dermatitis/patología , Pitiosis/patología , Caballos/clasificaciónRESUMEN
Foi realizada falha segmentar de 6mm na região metafisária medial da tíbia de 12 coelhos, seguida de preenchimento desta por matriz óssea mineralizada heteróloga fragmentada conservada em glicerina (98%) e metilmetacrilato autoclavado, bem como avaliação por meio da tomografia computadorizada de feixe cônico (cone beam) aos 30, 60 e 90 dias. Houve incorporação gradativa do implante no leito receptor em relação ao tempo em 100% dos casos, o que mostra ser este biologicamente compatível, ao promover reparação da falha óssea, sem sinais de infecção, migração e/ou rejeição, caracterizando-se, assim, como nova opção de substituto ósseo para preenchimento de falhas ósseas.
A 6mm segmental defect was performed on the metaphyseal region of the tibia of 12 rabbits and the autoclaved fragmented heterolog cortical bone conserved in glycerin (98%) and methylmethacrylate was used as a bone graft for the reconstruction. The graft was placed in the receptor bed and its integration was evaluated by computed tomography after 30, 60 and 90 days. There was gradual bone graft incorporation in the receptor bed during the time in 100% of the cases. Fragmented cortical bone heterograft and methylmethacrylate was biologically compatible and promotes bone defect reparation without signs of infection, migration and or rejection, featuring a new option of osseous substitute to fill in bone defects.
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Animales , Conejos , Matriz Ósea , Metilmetacrilato , Tibia/anomalías , Tomografía Computarizada de Haz Cónico/veterinaria , Huesos/anomalías , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos XRESUMEN
Estudou-se a viabilidade do autotransplante de tecido esplênico, um terço do baço, associado à esplenectomia parcial, e verificou-se a cinética evolutiva de sua regeneração, sob o aspecto macroscópico e histológico. Foram utilizados 28 ratos Wistar, adultos, machos, com média de peso de 300g, distribuídos em quatro grupos experimentais. Cada animal foi submetido à esplenectomia parcial, e um fragmento de baço foi transplantado para o omento maior, por períodos de 30, 60, 90 e 120 dias. Após cada período pré-estipulado, os tecidos esplênicos autotransplantados foram coletados e analisados histologicamente. Os resultados mostraram regeneração da cápsula esplênica, dos vasos sanguíneos e das polpas branca e vermelha. Aos 90 dias, a arquitetura microscópica apresentava-se semelhante à do baço normal.
The splenic tissue autograft viability (one third of the spleen) associated to parcial splenectomy was studied to verify the evolutive kinetic of its regeneration by macroscopic and histological aspects. Twenty-eight adult male Wistar rats, weighting 300g, were distributed in four experimental groups. Each animal was submitted to parcial splenectomy and one fragment of each spleen was autotransplanted to the greater omentum, for a period of 30, 60, 90, and 120 days. After each period, the autotransplanted splenic tissues were collected and histopathologically analyzed. The results showed regeneration of the splenic capsule, blood vessels, white pulp, and red pulp. After 90 days, the microscopic architecture was similar to the normal spleen.
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Animales , Masculino , Adulto , Ratas , Bazo/trasplante , Ratas Wistar , Regeneración , Bazo/anatomía & histología , Esplenectomía/veterinariaRESUMEN
Avaliaram-se as alterações morfológicas, morfométricas e ultraestruturais que ocorreram no baço devido à isquemia produzida pelo clampeamento total do pedículo hepático. Para tanto, foram utilizados 40 ratos machos, distribuídos em quatro grupos de 10 animais. O grupo-controle (C) não foi submetido à isquemia, e os grupos tratados (E1, E2e E3) foram submetidos ao clampeamento por 10, 20 e 30 minutos, respectivamente. Fragmentos do baço foram retirados e analisados histologicamente pela microscopia de luz (hematoxilina-eosina, ferrocianeto-férrico) e pela microscopia eletrônica de transmissão. Os resultados demonstraram que 10 minutos de clampeamento do pedículo hepático são suficientes para apresentar sinais de congestão esplênica e 20 e 30 minutos promovem intensa digestão de hemácias pelos macrófagos, com presença de grânulos de ferro (hemossiderina) no parênquima esplênico.
The macro and microscopic alterations that occurred in the spleen during an ischemia produced by the hepatic pedicle total clamping were studied. Forty male rats were distributed in four groups of 10 animals each. The control group (C) was not submitted to ischemia and the treated groups (E1, E2, and E3) were submitted to the clamping during 10, 20, and 30 minutes, respectively. Spleen fragments were collected and histologically analyzed by the light microscopy (eosin-hematoxilin and ferric ferrocyanide) and by the transmission electron microscopy. The results showed that 10 minutes of hepatic pedicle total clamping was enough produce signs of splenic congestion and 20 and 30 minutes promoted intense red bood cels digestion by the macrophages with the presence of iron granules (hemosiderin) in the splenic parenchyma.