ABSTRACT
The present study assesses the oxidative burst activity from polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) from bovine leukemia virus (BLV)-infected cows. Fifteen clinically healthy cows were divided into serologically positive cows without any hematological alteration, serologically positive animals with persistent lymphocytosis (PL) and healthy serologically negative cows. The oxidative burst activity from the PMNLs was evaluated by flow cytometry using 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein diacetate as a probe. PMNLs from each cow were incubated with heat-killed Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) to stimulate oxidative burst activity. The results of the present work showed no significant difference in the oxidative burst activity without any stimulus and elicited by S. aureus. Conversely, a decrease in the oxidative burst index induced by E. coli in PMNLs was observed in BLV-infected cows.
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Enzootic Bovine Leukosis/blood , Leukemia Virus, Bovine/immunology , Neutrophils/metabolism , Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism , Animals , Cattle , Enzootic Bovine Leukosis/immunology , Female , Flow Cytometry/veterinary , Random Allocation , Respiratory Burst/immunology , Statistics, NonparametricABSTRACT
Para avaliar o efeito da utilização parenteral das vitaminas C e/ou E associadas ao quelante de cobre, tetratiomolibdato de amônio (TTM), no tratamento de ovinos com intoxicação cumulativa por cobre (ICC), foram analisados o metabolismo oxidativo, através das concentrações sanguíneas de glutationa reduzida (GSH), séricas de malondialdeído (MDA) e ácido úrico, e a habilidade de redução férrica plasmática (HRFP) desses animais. Foram utilizados 24 ovinos machos, da raça Santa Inês, com peso médio de 25 kg e distribuídos em quatro tratamentos: TTM, TTM e vitamina C (TTM+VC), TTM e vitamina E (TTM+VE) e TTM e vitaminas C e E (TTM+VCE). O quadro de intoxicação cúprica provocou intensa formação de radicais livres, com redução da concentração de GSH e aumento do MDA, apesar do aumento na capacidade antioxidante plasmática, decorrente do aumento da concentração de ácido úrico e da HRFP. Não foi observado benefício algum da utilização das vitaminas antioxidantes, isoladamente ou associadas, com o tratamento clássico baseado na administração de TTM, na redução do estresse oxidativo.
The effects of vitamins C and/or E associated to amonium tetrathiomolybdate (TTM) in the treatment of cumulative copper intoxication (ICC) in sheep were analyzed throughout oxidative metabolism. Reduced glutathione (GSH), malondialdehyde (MDA), uric acid and the ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP) concentrations were evaluated. Twenty four male sheep, Santa Ines breed, with 25 kg BW was distributed in four treatments: TTM, TTM and vitamin C (TTM+VC), TTM with vitamin E (TTM+VE) and TTM with vitamins C and E (TTM+VCE). The intoxication status caused an intensive formation of free radicals with reduction of the GSH concentration and increase of MDA. Despite the increase in the capacity of plasmatic antioxidant observed with the increase of uric acid and FRAP concentrations, it was not observed any benefit with treatments using oxidant vitamins, isolatedly or together with classic treatment only with TTM.
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Animals , Sheep/metabolism , Copper/poisoningABSTRACT
Objetivou-se estudar os aspectos macroscópicos, ultra-sonográficos e histopatológicos do tecido neoformado no local da ressecção parcial do tendão extensor digital longo em 10 eqüinos, no momento do restabelecimento funcional do membro com o animal em locomoção à passo. O exame macroscópico foi realizado a cada 48 horas, o planimétrico das feridas a cada 10 dias, o ultra-sonográfico a cada 15 dias e o histopatológico no final do experimento. As feridas mostraram tecido de granulação em retração e exuberante, sem epitelização total, com aspectos ultra-sonográficos desorganizados diferentes do tendão íntegro e os exames histopatológicos revelaram tecido cicatricial em formação. O restabelecimento funcional médio foi de 45,9 dias, com o tecido neoformado na região da tenectomia permitindo o restabelecimento funcional do membro operado.
The objective of this work was to study the macroscopic, ultrasonographic and histopathologic aspects from the newly formed cicatricial tissue at the site of the partial resection of the long digital extensor tendon in 10 equines at the moment of functional restoration of the limb with the animal in walk locomotion. The macroscopic exam was performed every 48 hours, the planimetric mensuration every 10 days, the ultrasonographic exam every 15 days and the histopathologyc exam at the end of the study. The wounds showed granulation tissue in retraction, without total lesion epithelization, and the aspects ultrasonographics revealed wound healing with newly formed tissues with variable density and high neovascularization without tendon structural reorganization. The histopathology showed newly formed vascularized tissue, with leukocytic infiltrate and collagenous deposition without full epithelization. The cicatrization tissue formed in the resection region of the tendon, immature and without the structural organization of the normal tendon, showed to be able to functional restoration of the operated limb.
