ABSTRACT
A patologia descritiva das lesões em animais domésticos de açougue permite enriquecer a literatura médica veterinária especializada em inspeção sanitária de carnes, assim como subsidiar tecnicamente os profissionais inspetores. A oncocercose é uma parasitose causada pelo nematódeo Onchocerca sp,, sendo que a espécie O. gutturosa é a que mais acomete bovinos na América do Sul. Foram avaliados, pelo exame anatomopatológico, dois casos de lesões localizadas no ligamento nucal de bovinos abatidos para o consumo. A macroscopia de um caso revelou bursite crônica, representada por grande quantidade de líquido citrino e viscoso e, ainda, muitos corpúsculos livres, elípticos e achatados desprovidos de raiz (arrizo). A microscopia dessas estruturas evidenciou moldes de fibrinas amorfos e eosinofílicos. O segundo caso foi caracterizado por bursite aguda, e a microscopia das lesões ligamentar e periligamentar revelou granulomas epitelioides com reação gigantocitária, centralizados por formações semelhantes ao Onchocerca sp...
The descriptive pathology of lesions in butcher's domestic animals contribute to enrich literature specialized in veterinary sanitary inspection of meat as well as to guide professional meat inspectors. Oncorcecose is a parasitic disease caused by the nematode Onchocerca sp, and the O. gutturosa species affects cattle in South America. Two cases of lesions located in the nuchal ligament of cattle slaughtered for consumption were evaluated by pathological examination. Macroscopic analysis revealed a case of chronic bursitis represented by a large amount of clear and viscous liquid, and also many free, elliptical and flat corpuscles. Microscopy showed arrizoides molds fibrin, amorphous, and eosinophilic structures. The second case was characterized by acute bursitis and microscopic lesions and ligament periligamentous revealed multiple epithelioid granulomas and giant cells centered on formations similar to Onchocerca sp...
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Animals , Cattle , Cattle/parasitology , Bursitis/diagnosis , Onchocerca/isolation & purification , Onchocerciasis/diagnosis , Bursitis/veterinary , Onchocerciasis/veterinaryABSTRACT
Between December 1999 and September 2000, an investigation on 326 inhabitants who voluntarily participated in screening for eye lesions and onchocerciasis in a rural farm settlement in Aniocha North local government area of Delta State, Nigeria was carried out. Microfilariae were reported in the skin tissues of 134 (41.1%) inhabitants. Of these, males had more microfiladermia (49.9%) than their female counterparts (33.3%). The percentage prevalence of the clinical signs of onchocerciasis in the farm settlement was hanging groin 14.1%, onchocercal nodules 25.1%, onchocercal dermatitis 27.6% and scrotal enlargement 3.7%. The percentage prevalence of the eye lesions among the onchocerciasis infected inhabitants was cataract 7.4%, glaucoma 3.7%, optic atrophy 0.6% and uveitis 18 (5.5%). Impaired vision occurred among 80 (24.5%) inhabitants and blindness was reported among 2 (0.6%) inhabitants.
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Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Agriculture , Animals , Blindness/complications , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Male , Microfilariae/isolation & purification , Middle Aged , Nigeria/epidemiology , Onchocerca/isolation & purification , Onchocerciasis, Ocular/complications , Prevalence , Rural Health , Vision Disorders/complicationsABSTRACT
In filarial worms, as in other eukaryotes, microtubules are essential multifunctional components. The major protein of microtubules is tubulin, a heterodimer of two distinct polypeptides, Ó e ß.Tubulin is particulary important in helminthic parasites as a target for anthelminthic benzimidazoles, wich bind to it and inhibit microtubule assembly. Two genomic Onchocerca gibsoni libraries were constructed in NM1149(EcoRi and HindIII). Three clones accounted for the entire gene: one from the EcoRi library (using a Plasmodium falciparum probe) containing the central part of the gene, and two from the HindIII library (using as probes PCR amplified fragments from the ends of the EcoRI clone) which, respectively, contained the 5'- and 3' -ends of the gene. The sequencing procedure for the EcoRI clone relied on the construction of a double-digested DraI/HindIII shotgun library. A number of recombinants were sequenced and aligned with each other for comparison. The sequencing of the overlapping 5' - and 3'-end clones was done by ...
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Animals , Onchocerca/genetics , Tubulin/genetics , Base Sequence , Gene Library , Molecular Sequence Data , Onchocerca/isolation & purification , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Sequence Analysis, DNAABSTRACT
Los estudios en el foco colombiano de oncocercosis del Rio Micay demostraron que el desarrollo de las microfilarias de Onchocerca volvulus hasta el estadio infectivo tuvo lugar en ejemplares de Simulium Exiguum que se habian alimentado en voluntarios con infecciones naturales. Sin embargo, fue comun observar un desarrollo demorado del parasito y aproximadamente 25% de las larvas tenian una apariencia anormal. Se considera a S. Exiguum, el unico Simulium que se colecto picando al hombre durante 6 visitas al area, como el unico vector de oncocercosis en el Rio Micay aun cuando su eficiencia sea algo reducida. Algunas especies de Simulium de los grupos S. amazonicum y S. sanguineum sirven como huespedes intermediarios y probables vectores de Mansonella ozzardi en 3 regiones endemicas de Colombia. En Puerto Palacios (Rio Arquia, Antioquia), el desarrollo de la microfilaria de M. Ozzardi hasta el estadio infectivo ocurrio en S. sanguineum que habia comido sobre voluntarios con infecciones naturales. El desarrollo en S. Exiguum, la especie que se capturo mas comunmente, no paso del primer estadio en mas de 400 ejemplares de la misma area. En Santa Marta (cerca a Mitu, Vaupes), una especie aparentemente no descrita del grupo S. sanguineum demostro ser un buen huesped intermediario para M. ozzardi y fue el unico Simulido que se obtuvo picando al hombre durante la estacion seca..