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- Title
CLINICAL AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY ON REPRODUCTIVE LESIONS CAUSED BY PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA TYPE B2 IMMUNOGENS IN BUFFALO HEIFERS.
- Authors
IBRAHIM, H. H.; JESSE, F. F. A.; ABBA, Y.; CHUNG, E. L. T.; MARZA, A. D.; HARON, A. W.; ZAMRI-SAAD, M.; OMAR, A. R.; SAHAREE, A. A.
- Abstract
Haemorrhagic septicaemia (HS) is a globally renowned disease that affects cattle and buffaloes. Its effects on the reproductive system have not been previously studied. The present study evaluated the pathological responses in pre-pubertal female buffaloes infected with immunogens; lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and outer membrane protein (OMP) derived from P. multocida type B:2. Fifteen healthy pre-pubertal female buffaloes were divided into 5 equal groups. Buffaloes in groups 1 and 2 were intravenously and orally inoculated with P. multocida LPS, while those in groups 3 and 4 were subcutaneously and orally inoculated with P. multocida OMP. Buffaloes in group 5 were inoculated with sterile phosphate buffered saline (negative control). During the post infection period, all buffaloes were examined for clinical signs throughout 21 days and surviving animals were euthanised for postmortem evaluation. Histopathological evaluation of buffaloes inoculated intravenously with LPS showed a significantly higher occurrence (P<0.05) of necrosis and degeneration in the uterine horn and supramammary glands . Following inoculation with OMP, haemorrhage and congestion was significantly higher (P<0.05) in the ovaries, cervix, vagina, mammary and supra-mammary glands of buffaloes inoculated subcutaneously, while necrosis and degeneration and inflammatory cell infiltration in different organs was also significantly increased in the same group. The findings showed that both P. multocida bacterial LPS and OMP affected the uterine horn, ovaries, cervix, mammary gland and supramammary lymph nodes of buffalo calves inoculated either intravenously or subcutaneously, as compared to those inoculated orally.
- Subjects
HEIFERS; PASTEURELLA multocida; HEMORRHAGIC septicemia; BACTERIAL diseases in animals; MEMBRANE proteins; DISEASES
- Publication
Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2018, Vol 21, Issue 2, p232
- ISSN
1311-1477
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15547/bjvm.969