ABSTRACT
To evaluate the anthelmintic effect of Musa spp. leaves, 12 animals were artificially infected with Haemonchus contortus, and another 12 animals were infected with Trichostrongylus colubriformis. Then, both treatment groups were offered 400 g of dried ground banana plant leaves, and the control animals were offered only 1000 g of coast cross hay. During the trials, the animals received weekly physical examinations. The methods used to evaluate the efficiency of this treatment were packed cell volume, total plasma protein and faecal egg counts, and egg hatchability tests were performed on days -2, +3, +6, +9, +13 and +15. Coproculture tests were performed on day -2 to confirm monospecific infections. In the FEC and EHT, a statistically significant difference (0.04, 0.005; p < 0.05) was noted for T. colubriformis. There were no statistically significant differences (p > 0.05) for Haemochus contortus group in all tests. Our results confirmed previous findings suggesting that dried ground banana plant leaves possess anthelmintic activity.
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Anthelmintics/administration & dosage , Haemonchiasis/veterinary , Haemonchus/drug effects , Musa/chemistry , Plant Extracts/administration & dosage , Sheep Diseases/drug therapy , Trichostrongylus/drug effects , Animals , Feces , Haemonchiasis/drug therapy , Haemonchiasis/parasitology , Plant Leaves/chemistry , Sheep , Sheep Diseases/parasitology , Sheep, Domestic , Trichostrongylosis/drug therapy , Trichostrongylosis/parasitology , Trichostrongylosis/veterinaryABSTRACT
A Artrite Encefalite Caprina é uma enfermidade de caráter multissistêmico afetando animais de qualquer idade e sexo; causado por um Lentivirus caprino pertencente ao grupo de Lentivirus de Pequenos Ruminantes. Os sintomas conhecidos são leucoencefalomielite, pneumonia intersticial crônica, artrite e mastite intersticial endurativa. Foi descrito que machos soropositivos apresentavam sêmen infectado pelo Lentivirus e processo inflamatório gradual do testículo. A detecção em amostras de sêmen pelas técnicas de PCR e nested-PCR são caracterizadas como métodos de altas especificidade e sensibilidade provendo resultados rápidos. O objetivo do estudo foi detectar, por meio da técnica molecular de PCR e nested-PCR, a presença de DNA pró-viral do Lentivirus caprino em amostras de sêmen de reprodutores criados no Estado de São Paulo. Das 17 amostras, cinco (29,4%) apresentaram a detecção do vírus provando que há a presença de partículas virais no sêmen dos caprinos reprodutores soropositivos a Atrite Encefalite Caprina estudados.
Caprine arthritis encephalitis is a multisystemic infectious disease caused by a lentivirus and may affect animals of any age or sex. The major symptoms are leukoencephalomyelitis, chronic interstitial pneumonia, arthritis and hardening interstitial mastitis. It has been reported that the testicles of infected animals present infected semen and a gradual inflammatory process. For the detection of the agent in semen samples, PCR and nested PCR techniques are characterized as methods with high specificity and sensibility that provide fast results. The objective of this study was to detect the presence of pro-lentiviral DNA in the semen of caprine males in São Paulo State, Brazil, by the PCR and nested PCR molecular techniques. Five (29.4%) of the 17 samples presented positivity for the detection of the virus, proving the presence of viral particles in the semen of male goats seropositive for caprine arthritis encephalitis in this study.
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Animals , Ruminants , Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary , Arthritis-Encephalitis Virus, Caprine , Semen Analysis/veterinaryABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Caprine arthritis encephalitis is a multisystemic infectious disease caused by a lentivirus and may affect animals of any age or sex. The major symptoms are leukoencephalomyelitis, chronic interstitial pneumonia, arthritis and hardening interstitial mastitis. It has been reported that the testicles of infected animals present infected semen and a gradual inflammatory process. For the detection of the agent in semen samples, PCR and nested PCR techniques are characterized as methods with high specificity and sensibility that provide fast results. The objective of this study was to detect the presence of pro-lentiviral DNA in the semen of caprine males in São Paulo State, Brazil, by the PCR and nested PCR molecular techniques. Five (29.4%) of the 17 samples presented positivity for the detection of the virus, proving the presence of viral particles in the semen of male goats seropositive for caprine arthritis encephalitis in this study.
RESUMO A Artrite Encefalite Caprina é uma enfermidade de caráter multissistêmico afetando animais de qualquer idade e sexo; causado por um Lentivirus caprino pertencente ao grupo de Lentivirus de Pequenos Ruminantes. Os sintomas conhecidos são leucoencefalomielite, pneumonia intersticial crônica, artrite e mastite intersticial endurativa. Foi descrito que machos soropositivos apresentavam sêmen infectado pelo Lentivirus e processo inflamatório gradual do testículo. A detecção em amostras de sêmen pelas técnicas de PCR e nested-PCR são caracterizadas como métodos de altas especificidade e sensibilidade provendo resultados rápidos. O objetivo do estudo foi detectar, por meio da técnica molecular de PCR e nested-PCR, a presença de DNA pró-viral do Lentivirus caprino em amostras de sêmen de reprodutores criados no Estado de São Paulo. Das 17 amostras, cinco (29,4%) apresentaram a detecção do vírus provando que há a presença de partículas virais no sêmen dos caprinos reprodutores soropositivos a Atrite Encefalite Caprina estudados.