Composto homeopático reduz a liberação de ânion superóxido pelas células mononucleares de ema (Rhea americana) / Homeopathic compound reduces the release of superoxide anion by mononuclear cells of rhea (Rhea americana)

The action of the "Stress Factor Ostrich (Arenales - Fauna and Flora)" was tested in the release of superoxide anion by cells in the peripheral blood of rhea (Rhea americana). Sixteen samples of 0.5mL of venous blood were collected through the jugular vein in the morning and placed in heparinized tubes. The leukocytes were separated into polymorphonuclear (PMN) and mononuclear (MN). The production of superoxide anion by phagocytes of peripheral blood was determined using the chromogen ferricytochrome C. There was a reduction of superoxide by MN cells in the presence of "Stress Factor Ostrich" indicating a positive influence of product against oxidative stress. Furthermore, future researches, such as the evaluation of other reactive oxygen intermediates and antioxidant enzymes, researches.

Composto homeopático reduz a liberação de ânion superóxido pelas células mononucleares de ema (Rhea americana) / Homeopathic compound reduces the release of superoxide anion by mononuclear cells of rhea (Rhea americana)

The action of the "Stress Factor Ostrich (Arenales - Fauna and Flora)" was tested in the release of superoxide anion by cells in the peripheral blood of rhea (Rhea americana). Sixteen samples of 0.5mL of venous blood were collected through the jugular vein in the morning and placed in heparinized tubes. The leukocytes were separated into polymorphonuclear (PMN) and mononuclear (MN). The production of superoxide anion by phagocytes of peripheral blood was determined using the chromogen ferricytochrome C. There was a reduction of superoxide by MN cells in the presence of "Stress Factor Ostrich" indicating a positive influence of product against oxidative stress. Furthermore, future researches, such as the evaluation of other reactive oxygen intermediates and antioxidant enzymes, researches.

Coinfecção experimental de circovírus suíno tipo 2 isolado no Brasil e parvovírus suíno em suínos SPF / Experimental coinfection of SPF pigs with porcine circovirus type 2 isolated in Brazil and porcine parvovirus

Avaliou-se a patogenicidade do circovírus suíno tipo 2 (PCV2) isolado no estado de Santa Catarina mediante coinfecção experimental com parvovírus suíno (PPV). Foram utilizados 24 leitões specific pathogen free (SPF) com cinco dias de idade, distribuídos em quatro grupos (G), alojados em salas independentes e inoculados por via intranasal: G1 - controle (n=4); G2 - inoculados com PCV2 (n=7); G3 - inoculados com PPV (n=6); G4 - inoculados com PCV2 e PPV (n=7). Os animais foram monitorados diariamente para avaliação clínica e necropsiados 48 dias após a infecção. As principais lesões anatomopatológicas observadas nos suínos do G2 e G4 foram: aumento do volume dos linfonodos, depleção linfocitária com redução dos folículos linfóides nos órgãos linfocitários e presença de infiltrado eosinofílico nos linfonodos. A técnica de nested-PCR para PCV2 foi utilizada detectando DNA viral em órgãos de todos os animais do G2 e G4. O PCV2 infectou suínos SPF por via intranasal e foi detectado em outros órgãos, com mais lesões histopatológicas e em maior proporção nos animais coinfectados com PPV (G4), quando comparados aos infectados somente com PCV2 (G2).

The virulence of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) isolated in Santa Catarina State by coinfection with porcine parvovirus (PPV) was investigated. Twenty-four, 5-day-old SPF pigs were distributed into four groups, housed in separate rooms and inoculated by intranasal route: G1 - control (n=4); G2 - inoculated with PCV2 (n=7); G3 - inoculated with PPV (n=6); G4 - inoculated with PCV2 and PPV (n=7). The animals were monitored daily for clinical evaluation and were necropsied 48 days after the infection. The pathological lesions seen in G2 and G4 pigs were: enlargement of lymph nodes, mild to moderate lymphoid cell depletion, affecting lymphoid follicles in lymphoid organs and presence of infiltration by eosinophils in lymph nodes. PCV2 DNA was detected by a nested-PCR in all pigs of G2 and G4. These findings confirmed that pigs were successfully infected intranasally with PCV2. The presence of PCV2 DNA in tissue samples and the pathological lesions were more evident in pigs infected with both PCV2 and PPV than in pigs infected with PCV2 alone.