Aspectos microscópicos do pâncreas de bovino parasitado por Eurytrema coelomaticum Giard & Bellet 1892.

Descrever as alterações estruturais patognomonicas provocadas pelo parasito no pâncreas.1988Resumo

Cross-reactivity between antigens from Amblyomma cajennense and A. hebraeum (Acari : Ixodidae)

Laboratory animals exposed to feeding ticks develop resistance which is reflected by a decline in tick engorgement weight, egg-laying by adults and reduced egg viability. Serum antibodies from these hosts and their reaction with tick antigens have been detected by different methods, including precipitation techniques, immunofluorescent techniques, ELISA and Western blots. However, little is known about the effects of antibodies on ticks that engorge on resistant hosts, or which tissues of the tick body are possibly immunogenic. Some researchers, using immunohistochemistry, have detected host antibodies in the gut, salivary glands and haemolymph of ticks engorged on resistant animals. The same technique has helped considerably in determining antigenic sites or antibody targets in other arthropods. Consequently, immunohistochemistry techniques were used in this study to detect cross-reactivity between sera raised against Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) with Amblyomma hebraeum (Koch, 1844), and vice versa. The results show the existence of shared antigens between the 2 tick species. In general, our results point more to a 1-way cross-reactivity of A. hebraeum with A. cajennense than a reciprocal crossreactivity, suggesting that A. hebraeum is more immunogenic than A. cajennense

Endotoxemia por lipopolissacarídeo de Escherichia coli, em eqüinos: efeitos de antiinflamatórios nas concentrações sérica e peritoneal do fator de necrose tumoral alfa (TNF-alfa) Escherichia coli lipopolisacharide (LPS) induced endotoxemia in horses: effects of anti-inflammatory drugs on seric and peritoneal tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) concentrations

Avaliou-se a inibição da produção do fator de necrose tumoral alfa (TNF-alfa) devido ao pré-tratamento com antiinflamatório esteroidal (dexametasona) e não esteroidal (diclofenaco sódico) em eqüinos com endotoxemia induzida experimentalmente. Foram utilizados 15 cavalos machos não castrados, distribuídos em três grupos de cinco animais: controle (C), diclofenaco sódico (DS) e dexametasona (DM). A endotoxemia subletal foi induzida pela infusão intravenosa (IV) de 0,1mg/kg/pv de lipopolissacarídeo (LPS) de Escherichia coli 055:B5, administrado em 250ml de solução estéril de cloreto de sódio a 0,9%, durante 15min. Os cavalos do grupo-controle foram tratados com solução de cloreto de sódio a 9% IV. Nos animais do grupo DS, administraram-se, por via oral, 2,2mg/kg de diclofenaco sódico e, nos do grupo DM, 1,1mg/kg de dexametasona IV, respectivamente, 60 e 30min antes da infusão da endotoxina. Mensurou-se, por meio de ensaio de toxicidade com células da linhagem L929, a concentração de TNF-alfa no soro e no líquido peritoneal às 0, 1¼, 3 e 6 horas após injeção do LPS. No grupo-controle, observou-se aumento significativo de TNF-alfa sérico, em relação ao valor basal e aos grupos DS e DM, 1,15 horas após a indução da endotoxemia. No líquido peritoneal, as concentrações observadas estavam abaixo daquelas da curva padrão de TNF-alfa, não havendo diferença entre os grupos (P>0,05).The inhibition of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) production due to pre-treatment with steroidal (dexamethazone) and non-steroidal (sodium diclofenac) anti-inflammatories was studied in horses under experimentally induced endotoxemy. Fifteen stallions were allotted into three groups of five animals each: control (C), sodium diclofenac (SD) and dexamethazone (DM). Sublethal endotoxemy was induced with 0.1mg/kg/bw Escherichia coli 055:B5 lipopolysaccharide (LPS), IV, administrated in 250ml of 0.9% sterile sodium chloride, during 15 minutes. Control group horses received 9% sodium chloride, IV. SD group animals were orally administrated 2.2mg/kg sodium diclofenac and DM horses received 1.1mg/kg dexamethazone, IV, 30 and 60 minutes before endotoxin infusion, respectively. TNF-alpha concentration was measured in serum and peritoneal fluid by toxicity assay using L929 lineage cells at 0, 1¼, 3 and 6 hours after LPS injection. Ninety minutes after endotoxemy induction, it was verified a significant increase of serum TNF-a concentration in horses from control group in relation to the basal values as well as results of horses from SD and DM groups. In peritoneal fluid, the measured concentrations were lower than those from TNF-a standard curve and difference among the groups was not verified (P>0.05)

Oocyte Maturation In The Sloth’s Giant Tick Amblyomma Varium (acari: Ixodidae) In An Ecological Context

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)The sloth’s giant tick Amblyomma varium Koch, which is a neotropical species that inhabits tropical rainforests, is the largest tick reported to date. The adult stage of this tick parasitizes mammals from the families Bradypodidae and Magalonychidae (Xenarthra) nearly exclusively. This study aimed to describe morphological and histological features of the reproductive system and the oocyte maturation process of this tick species. The ovary of A. varium is a long single tubular organ that is horseshoe-shaped, winding and arranged in the posterior part of the body. Two oviducts are connected to the ovary on each side; these thicken at certain region forming the uterus (common oviduct), followed by a muscular connecting tube, vagina and genital aperture. 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