Aspectos micróscopicos do pâncreas de bovino parasitado por Eurytrema coelomaticum Giard e Billet, 1892 (Trematona: Dicrocoelidae) / Microscopic aspects of cattle pancreas parasited by Eurytrema coelomaticum Giard e Billet, 1892 (Trematoda: Dicrocoelidae)

ABSTRACT

Fragments of intensively fribrose pancreas parasited with 1941 specimens of Eurytrema coelonaticum were collected at necropsy of a 14 years old 5/8 hostein-zebu bull with acentuated cachexia. The microscopic survey demonstrated the following changes chronic fibrosing pancreatitis; pancreatic degeneration; dystrophic calcification; metaplasic membranous ossification; atrophy of pancreatic acinus, and presence of trematode eggs