ABSTRACT
O objetivo deste trabalho foi verificar a presença de Brucella abortus e as lesões causadas por esse agente nos anexos fetais e nos fetos de búfalas. Para isso, 20 búfalas em diversos meses de gestação, sorologicamente positivas para brucelose, foram submetidas ao abate sanitário. A idade fetal foi determinada através de exames ultrassonográficos associados à mensuração dos fetos durante a necropsia. Do útero fechado desses animais foram coletadas amostras para histopatologia e qPCR. A partir do segundo mês de gestação foi possível detectar a presença de DNA de B. abortus em líquido amniótico, líquido alantoide e em útero e, a partir do quinto mês, na placenta, coração, baço, rim, pulmão, intestino, fígado e linfonodos dos fetos. Os principais achados anatomopatológicos foram placentite fibrinopurulenta necrótica e endometrite supurativa crônica...
The objective of this study was to detect Brucella abortus and injuries caused by the bacteria in fetal membranes and fetuses. Twenty buffaloes serologically positive for brucellosis were used and subjected to stamping for collection of material from the closed uterus of several months gestation. Fetal age was determined by ultrasound examination and the size of fetuses was measured at necropsy. The samples were subjected to histopathology and qPCR. From the second month of pregnancy on it was possible to detect the presence of B. abortus DNA in amniotic fluid, allantoic liquid and uterus, and from the fifth month on in placenta, heart, spleen, kidney, lung, intestine, liver and lymph nodes of the fetuses. The main pathological findings were fibrinous suppurative necrotic placentitis, and chronic endometritis...
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Animals , Brucella abortus/isolation & purification , Buffaloes/injuries , Prenatal Injuries/diagnosis , Prenatal Injuries/veterinary , Brucellosis/veterinary , Placenta Diseases/veterinary , Endometritis/veterinary , Pregnancy, Animal , Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinaryABSTRACT
A recent (November 2010) outbreak of infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) in a multi-age laying hen facility in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, is described. Previous ILT outbreak in laying hens was only notified in São Paulo state, Brazil, in 2002. In the outbreak described here, the affected population was approximately eight million hens, with flock sizes ranging from 100,000 to 2,900,000 chickens. The average mortality ranged from 1 to 6%, and morbidity was around 90% (most of the twenty seven farms of the area were positive for ILT virus). Three multi-age laying farms from one company were selected for this report. Clinical signs included prostration, dyspnea, conjunctivitis, occasional swelling of the paranasal sinuses and bloody mucous nasal discharge. Severely affected chickens presented with dyspnea, gasping and became cyanotic before death. At necropsy, these chickens had fibrinous exudate blocking the larynx and the lumen of cranial part of the trachea. In addition, conjunctivitis with intense hyperemia, edema and sinuses with caseous exudate were present. On histopathology, there were marked necrosis and desquamation of respiratory ephitelium and conjunctiva with numerous syncytial cells formation and fibrinous exudate. Moderate to marked non suppurative (especially lymphocytes and plasma cells) infiltration in the lamina propria also was observed. Sixteen out of 20 examined chickens, eosinophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies were observed in the syncytial cells. The DNA extracted from larynx and trachea produced positive PCR results for ILT virus (ILTV) DNA using formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) samples. Amplicons from a small region of ICP4 gene were submitted to sequencing and showed 100% identity with ILTV EU104910.1 (USA strain), 99% with ILTV JN596963.1 (Australian strain) and 91% with ILTV JN580316.1 (Gallid herpesvirus 1 CEO vaccine strain) and JN580315.1 (Gallid herpesvirus 1 TCO vaccine strain).
Um surto recente (Novembro de 2010) de laringotraqueite infecciosa (LTI) em granjas de postura de múltiplas idades em Minas Gerais, Brasil, é descrito. Um surto de LTI em galinhas de postura havia sido previamente relatado apenas no Estado de São Paulo em 2002. No surto aqui descrito, a população afetada foi de aproximadamente oito milhões de galinhas, com lotes variando de 100.000 a 2.900.000 galinhas. A mortalidade média variou de 1 a 6% e a morbidade atingiu cerca de 90% (a maioria das 27 granjas foram positivas para o virus da LTI). Três granjas com aves de múltiplas idades pertencentes a uma empresa foram selecionadas para o presente relato. Os sinais clinicos incluíram prostração, dispneia, conjuntivite, edema ocasional dos seios paranasais e secreção nasal mucosa e/ou sanguinolenta. As aves severamente afetadas apresentaram acentuada dispneia, aparente engasgo e tornaram-se cianóticas antes da morte. Nestas aves, exsudato fibrinoso denso obstruindo o lúmen da laringe e parte cranial da traqueia foi observado na necropsia. Havia também, conjuntivite com hiperemia intensa e edema, além de sinusite com exsudato caseoso. Na histopatologia, observaram-se necrose e descamação acentuada do epitélio respiratório e da conjuntiva com formação de numerosos sincícios e exsudato fibrinoso. Além disso, infiltrado inflamatório mononuclear (especialmente linfócitos e plasmócitos) moderado a acentuado na lâmina própria foi observado. Corpúsculos de inclusão intranucleares nas células sinciciais foram observados em 16 das 20 aves examinadas. Resultados positivos pela PCR para o virus da LTI foram obtidos de DNA extraído das laringes e traqueias utilizando amostras fixadas em formol e incluidas na parafina. O produto amplificado de uma região pequena do gen ICP4 foi submetido ao sequenciamento e quando comparado com outras sequências depositadas no Genbank mostrou os seguintes resultados: 100% de identidade com uma estirpe do virus de LTI dos Estados Unidos (JN596963.1), 99% de identidade com uma estirpe Australiana e 91% com a estirpe vacinal CEO (JN580316.1) e TCO (JN580315.1).
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Animals , Chickens/virology , Herpesvirus 1, Gallid/isolation & purification , Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary , Dyspnea/veterinaryABSTRACT
Clinical, gross, and histopathology lesions and molecular characterization of Trichomonas spp. infection were described in two striped owls (Asio (Rhinoptynx) clamator), one American kestrel (Falco sparverius), two green-winged saltators (Saltator similis), and in a toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) from Brazil. These birds presented clinical signs including emaciation, ruffled feathers, abundant salivation and open mouth breathing presumably due to abundant caseous material. Gross lesions were characterized by multifocal yellow friable plaques on the surface of the tongue, pharynx and/or caseous masses partially occluding the laryngeal entrance. In the owls, the caseous material extended into the mandibular muscles and invaded the sinuses of the skull. Histopathologically, marked necrotic and inflammatory lesions were associated with numerous round to oval, pale eosinophilic structures (6-10µm) with basophilic nuclei, consistent with trichomonads. Organisms similar to those described above also were found in the liver of the two green-winged saltators. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of trichomonosis in a striped owl and a toco toucan. Sequence analysis of the Trichomonas spp. internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS-1) region and partial 5.8S of the ribosomal RNA (rRNA) disclosed significant genetic diversity. Two sequences had 100% identity to Trichomonas gallinae, whereas two sequences had a 99% and 92% identity to a Trichomonas vaginalis-like sequence, respectively. One sequence (green-winged saltator 502-08) had a 100% identity to a newly recognized genus Simplicomonas.
