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- Title
HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF SKIN OF BIRD SPONTANEOUSLY INFESTED BY THE RED MITE OF POULTRY, DERMANYSSUS GALLINAE.
- Authors
Bora, S.; Das, Manoranjan; Islam, Saidul; Begum, Shameem Ara; Neog, Ranjeet
- Abstract
The present study was carried out to study the histopathological changes in the skin of local chicken reared in free ranged system infested with the red mite of poultry, Dermanyssus gallinae. A total of 646 samples were screened for gross and histopathological changes, of which, 92 (14.24%) samples was found positive for D. gallinae infestation. Biopsy materials collected from infested skin were fixed in 10% formalin and routine histopathological sections were prepared using haematoxyline and eosin staining method. The histopathologic changes observed were infiltration of mononuclear cells, eosinophils, heterophils with oedema, haemorrhage, parakeratosis and hyperkeratosis in the dermal layer. The deepr layers were not found affected.
- Subjects
GALLIFORMES; MITES; BIRDS; DEMODEX; POULTRY; EOSINOPHILS; CHICKENS
- Publication
Veterinary Practitioner, 2019, Vol 20, Issue 2, p163
- ISSN
0972-4036
- Publication type
Article