HISTOPATHOLOGICAL AND HISTOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN THE IUNG OF GUINEA PIGS EXPERIMENTALLY INFECTED WITH NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES '

M  J ALWAN; B  I ALKAISIE; R  A ABDUL  RAHMAN

doi:10.30539/ijvm.v20i2.1367

The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine (Dec 1996)

HISTOPATHOLOGICAL AND HISTOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN THE IUNG OF GUINEA PIGS EXPERIMENTALLY INFECTED WITH NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES '

M J ALWAN,
B I ALKAISIE ,
R A ABDUL RAHMAN

Affiliations

M J ALWAN: Department of pathology and poultry, College of Vertinary Medicne, University of Baghdad, Iraq
B I ALKAISIE: Department of pathology and poultry, College of Vertinary Medicne, University of Baghdad, Iraq
R A ABDUL RAHMAN: Department of pathology and poultry, College of Vertinary Medicne, University of Baghdad, Iraq

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30539/ijvm.v20i2.1367
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 2

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The pathological and histochemical changes inthe lung of ten guinea pigs have been investigated after using viable Nocardia asteroides in a dose of 1.5*108 cfc, thebacteria was injected intrapulmonary. Lesions of pyogranuloma were developed. Histochemical studies showed that the granules of goblet cells and mucos glands of lung contain a mixture of neutral and sialomucin normal animal , these types of mucin changed to sialomucin and sulfomucin inthe infected animals.

Published in The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine

ISSN: 1609-5693 (Print); 2410-7409 (Online)
Publisher: University of Baghdad, College of Veterinary Medicine
Country of publisher: Iraq
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Animal culture: Veterinary medicine
Website: https://jcovm.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/Iraqijvm/Iraqijvm

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