English: Common warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus) and bushpigs (Potamochoerus larvatus), were experimentally infected with classical swine fever virus (CSFv) following the diagnosis of classical swine fever (CSF) subtype 2.1 in 2005 in domestic pigs in South Africa. At that time, no data regarding their susceptibility or the potential lesions in these wild suids were available. Seven sub-adult warthogs and six bushpigs were captured, taken to the high containment facilities of the Transboundary Animal Diseases Programme of the Agriculture Research Council (ARC) - Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute, and infected intranasally with the South African isolate. In each experiment, two in-contact control animals of the same species verified intraspecies transmission, while two domestic pigs were used to demonstrate virus virulence and viability. Surviving animals were euthanized 44 days post infection. Formalin-fixed tissue samples collected from all experimental animals were evaluated for histological lesions. The warthogs, which remained clinically normal throughout the study, developed histological lesions that were inconsistently present and sometimes subtle. Three warthogs, including one in-contact control, developed distinct perivascular lymphoplasmacytic cuffing in their brains. Subtle lesions included scant lymphoplasmacytic infiltration of various organs, occasionally accompanied by perivascular cuffing. In contrast, the bushpigs developed overt clinical signs similar to CSF in domestic pigs. Four animals out of six, including two in-contact controls, died or were euthanized during the trial. On post mortem examination, intestinal necrosis and ulceration, purulent rhinitis and pneumonia were present. Acutely affected animals developed lymphoid necrosis and depletion whilst surviving individuals showed perivascular lymphoplasmacytic cuffing in multiple organs. Immunohistochemical demonstration of CSFv antigen using a commercially available mouse monoclonal antibody, WH303, revealed intense, widespread labelling in most tissues of all the warthogs and bushpigs as well as the four domestic pigs used as controls during the trial. A wide range of cell types and tissues reacted with the antibody. These included: mononuclear cells (monocyte-macrophages, lymphocytes and plasma cells), follicular reticular cells, epithelial cells, vascular endothelial cells, mesothelial cells, smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts. Tissues that were labelled included tonsil, lymph nodes, spleen, third eyelid, adrenal gland, urinary bladder, skin, liver, kidney, lung, certain cells within central nervous tissue like the choroid plexus, various parts of the gastro-intestinal tract as well as glandular tissue like the pancreas and salivary gland. The tonsils were the most consistently labelled tissue, while no labelling was noted in myocytes of skeletal or cardiac muscle. From the present work, it was concluded that these wild Suidae are susceptible to CSFv and intra-species transmission under experimental conditions can occur. / Afrikaans: Wilde Afrika varke, nl. vlakvarke (Phacocoerus africanus) en bosvarke (Potamochoerus larvatus) was eksperimenteel infekteer met europese varkpes virus nadat die siekte in kommersiële mak varke diagnoseer is in 2005 (dit was tipeer as subtipe 2.1). Geen inligiting oor die vatbaarheid of potensiële letsels weens europese varkpes infeksie in hierdie wilde varke was beskikbaar nie. Sewe wilde onvolwasse vlakvarke en ses bosvarke is gevang, na die isolasie eenheid van die Onderstepoort Veterinêre Instituut se oor-grens siekte afdeling geneem en intranasal geïnfekteer met die Suid-Afrikaanse isolaat van 2005. Twee in-kontak kontrole diere van dieselfde spesie is gebruik in elke eksperiment om intra-spesie oordraging vas te stel en twee mak varke om virus lewensvatbaarheid en virulensie te demonstreer. Oorlewende diere is uitgesit na 44 dae. Formalien gefikseerde weefsel monsters is versamel van hulle, sowel as van diere wat uitgesit is tydens die eksperiment. Die vlakvarke was klinies normal regdeur die eksperiment, maar het wel histologiese letsels ontwikkel wat subtiel was en ook nie altyd teenwoordig in alle gevalle nie. Drie vlakvarke, waarvan een ‘n in-kontak dier was, het prominente limfo-plasmasitiese perivaskulêre flensing in hul breine ontwikkel. Subtiele letsels het klein hoeveelhede limfoplasmasitiese infiltrasies in verskeie organe en somtyds perivaskulêre flensing ingesluit. In teenstelling, het die bosvarke uitgesproke kliniese tekens soortgelyk aan Europese varkpes in mak varke, ontwikkel. Vier uit die ses diere, insluitend twee in-kontak diere is dood of uitgesit tydens die eksperiment. Met nadoodse ondersoek is daar intestinale nekrose en ulserasie, purulente rinitis en pneumonie gevind. Diere wat dood is, het limfoïede nekrose en limfoïede uitputting getoon, terwyl die oorlewende bosvarke perivaskulêre flensing met limfo-plasma selle in verskeie organe ontwikkel het. Immunohistochemiese demonstrasie van Europese varkpes virus antigen deur gebruik van ‘n kommersieël beskikbare muis monoklonale teenligaam, WH303, het duidelike wydverspreide kleuring in meeste weefsel van die die vlakvarke, bosvarke en mak varke getoon. ‘n Wye reeks van weefsel en sel tipes het met die teenliggam reageer naamlik: mononukliêre selle (monosietmakrofage en limfo-plasma selle), follikulêre retikulêre selle, epiteel, vaskulêre endoteel, mesoteel, gladde spier selle en fibroblaste. Weefsel wat gemerk is met die teenliggaam het ingesluit: mangels, limfknope, milt, derde ooglid, adrenaal klier, urienblaas, vel, lewer, nier, long, sekere selle in die sentrale senuwee stelsel, soos die koroïed pleksus, verskeie dele van die gastro-intestinale stelsel sowel as klier weefsel soos die pankreas en speekselklier. Die mangels was die mees konsekwent gemerkte weefsel, terwyl geen kleuring gevind is in miosiete van skelet of hartspier nie. Uit hierdie werk kon daar afgelei word dat vlakvarke en bosvarke vatbaar is vir Europese varkpes en dat intra-spesie oordraging plaasvind onder eksperimentele omstandighede. / Dissertation (MMedVet)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Paraclinical Sciences / Unrestricted

The aim of this study was to standardize and validate an immunohistochemical test for the routine diagnosis of African horsesickness in horses. Hamblin developed the primary anti- African horsesickness virus serum that I used and the avidin-biotin complex detection system was employed. During the standardization process I demonstrate that lung, heart and spleen samples are the most reliable. I also show that it is not necessary to take multiple samples per organ, because the AHSV-positive signal is generally widespread throughout the lung and heart, in particular. In order to validate the technique, samples from 118 negative and 128 positive horse cases, including all nine known serotypes, were immunostained. All of the positive cases were confirmed by means of virus isolation. Negative horse samples were obtained from countries where African horsesickness does not occur. None of the negative cases stained positive and all the positive cases were correctly identified. Therefore, there was 100 % concordance between immunohisto chemistry (when applied to formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded heart and/or lung and/or spleen tissues from positive horse cases that had been archived for less than 10 years) and virus isolation results. Heart and lung had consistently more positive signal than spleen. The Hamblin antiserum did not cross-react with closely-related orbiviruses (specifically equine encephalosis virus and bluetongue virus) in selected horse and sheep tissues, respectively. Characteristic positive staining was observed in lung, heart and spleen samples from two dogs that died of African horsesickness. Positive signal was not affected by long-term storage in formaldehyde (up to 365 days). Also, specific positive staining could be detected in heart and/or lung and/or spleen samples in more than 95 % of positive horses where tissue blocks had been stored for between 10 and 83 years. The principal target cells in the horse and dog cases were microvascular endothelial cells, intravascular monocyte-macrophages and, to a lesser extent, interstitial macrophages in lung, spleen and liver, in particular. Positive staining is intracytoplasmic with a bead/dot and/or granular character. Beads, dots or granules may occur singly or in clusters. Occasionally, linear deposits of positive signal delineate segments of capillary vessels. The veterinary pathologist must look for characteristic positive signal in target cells, because, occasionally, certain bacteria (Rhodococcus equi and Helicobacter sp.) cross-react with the Hamblin antiserum. Clearly, the test is highly sensitive, specific and robust, sufficiently so for the routine diagnosis of African horsesickness virus. / Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Paraclinical Sciences / unrestricted

Orientadora: Mary Marcondes / Banca: Raimundo Souza Lopes / Banca: Vera Lúcia Fonseca de Camargo Neves / Resumo: A leishmaniose visceral pode ser incluída como uma das causas de miopatia inflamatória em cães, entretanto, pouco se sabe sobre a patogênese da doença no sistema muscular, sendo incriminada muitas vezes apenas à natureza catabólica da enfermidade. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar, por meio de imunoistoquímica, a presença de formas amastigotas de Leishmania sp, linfócitos T (CD3+), macrófagos e IgG nos músculos tríceps braquial, extensor carpo radial, bíceps femoral e gastrocnêmio de 23 cães naturalmente acometidos por leishmaniose visceral. Dentre os 92 músculos avaliados,11 (12%) apresentaram marcação antigênica para formas amastigotas de Leishmania sp, 35 (38,1%) para linfócitos T (CD3+), 29 (31,5%) para macrófagos e 14 (12%) para IgG. Os resultados obtidos permitiram concluir que em cães com leishmaniose visceral apresentam imunomarcação para formas amastigotas de Leishmania sp., linfócitos T CD3+, macrófagos e IgG, sugerindo a participação direta do parasito e de uma resposta imune celular e humoral na fisiopatogenia da lesão muscular. / Abstract: Visceral leishmaniasis may be included as a cause of inflammatory myophathy in dogs, however, little is known about the pathogenesis of the disease in the muscular system, which is frequently associated with the catabolic nature of the illness. The purpose of this study was investigate, through immunohistochemistry, the presence of amastigote forms of Leishmania sp, T lymphocytes (CD3+), macrophages and IgG in the muscle triceps brachial, extensor carpi radialis, biceps femoris and gastrocnemius of 23 dogs with visceral leishmaniasis. Among 92 evaluated muscles, 11 (12%) presented antigenic marking for amastigote forms of Leishmania sp., 35 (38,1%) for T lymphocites (CD3+), 29 (31,5%) for macrophages and 14 (12%) for IgG. The results of the present experiment led to the conclusion that in dogs with visceral leishmaniasis there may be a straight participation of the parasite and of cellular and humoral immune response in the ethiopatogeny of the muscular injury. / Mestre

Submitted by (edna.saturno@ufrpe.br) on 2016-10-20T13:40:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Marta Maria Nery Farias da Silva.pdf: 1335797 bytes, checksum: f15d589ae6541e086990082ab2a9ed97 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-20T13:40:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marta Maria Nery Farias da Silva.pdf: 1335797 bytes, checksum: f15d589ae6541e086990082ab2a9ed97 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-20 / The classical swine fever virus causes a highly contagious disease in domestic and wild pigs, characterized by leading to great economic losses, for both large and small farming. The disease may present as acute, chronic, delayed, or persistent asymptomatic, which depend on the virulence of the strain, animal age, immune status, gestation period. The disease is notifiable and control measures are listed in the National Program to Swine Health from Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply. Brazil has an area considered as free of classical swine fever which is composed of the major part of states and non-free zone, which has the majority of states in the North and Northeast Brazil. Outside the area considered free of classical swine fever outbreaks continue to occur sporadically, but the proposal of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply is to eradicate the disease throughout the country. The diagnosis of infection may be done by viral isolation and virus identification in cell culture, wich is considered the gold standard, using the immunofluorescence and immunoperoxidase technics. Samples were analyzed by this methods in the National Agriculture and Livestock Laboratory of Pernambuco State, from 149 swines with clinical suspicion of classical swine fever during the period from 1999 to 2009, from the states of Pará and Amapá – North region, and Maranhão, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba e Pernambuco of Northeast region, Among the swines analyzed, 51 were infected with the classical swine fever virus. The necropsial findings were mostly hemorragic, tipical of the classical form of the disease. The afected farms were in most low-level technificated. The results showed that the presence of positive animals is high, with the agent present in most states in the Northeast and North, and that the application of effective preventive measures in the field can reduce or prevent the emergence of cases and outbreaks of disease. / O vírus da peste suína clássica causa doença altamente contagiosa em suínos domésticos e selvagens, caracterizada por levar a grandes perdas econômicas, tanto para a suinocultura de grande porte como também para os pequenos produtores. A doença pode se apresentar de forma aguda, crônica, tardia, assintomática ou persistente, que dependem da virulência da cepa, idade do animal, estado imunológico, período de gestação. A doença é de notificação obrigatória, e as medidas de controle estão listadas no Programa Nacional de Sanidade Suidea do Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e do Abastecimento. Quanto à divisão sanitária atualmente adotada, o Brasil conta com uma zona considerada com livre de peste suína clássica que é constituída pelos principais estados produtores de suínos e pelas fronteiras de expansão da atividade e uma zona não livre, que engloba a maioria dos estados das regiões Norte e Nordeste do Brasil. Fora da área considerada livre focos de peste suína clássica continuam acontecendo de forma esporádica, porém a proposta do Ministério de Agricultura Pecuária e Abastecimento é erradicar a enfermidade em todo o território nacional. O diagnóstico de suspeitas da infecção pode ser feito através do isolamento e identificação viral em cultivos celulares, considerado o teste ouro, por meio das técnicas de imunofluorescência e imunoperoxidase. Foram analisadas por estas técnicas no Laboratório Nacional Agropecuário em Pernambuco amostras de órgãos e sangue de 149 suínos com suspeita de PSC, no período compreendido entre 1999 e 2009, provenientes dos estados do Pará e Amapá da região norte e Maranhão, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba e Pernambuco da região nordeste. Dos suínos analisados, 51 estavam infectados com o vírus da peste suína clássica. Nos achados clínicos e de necropsia eram predominantes de alterações hemorrágicas, típicas da forma clássica da doença. As criações afetadas eram predominantemente de baixo nível de tecnificação. Os resultados obtidos evidenciaram que a presença de animais positivos é alta, estando o agente presente na maioria dos Estados das regiões Nordeste e Norte, e que a aplicação de medidas preventivas a campo de forma efetiva podem diminuir ou evitar o aparecimento de casos e focos da enfermidade.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:23:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-02-18Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:30:23Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 gomes_aad_me_jabo.pdf: 566624 bytes, checksum: 460e92b269ccf96c5bd806ac86bfd00f (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A leishmaniose visceral pode ser incluída como uma das causas de miopatia inflamatória em cães, entretanto, pouco se sabe sobre a patogênese da doença no sistema muscular, sendo incriminada muitas vezes apenas à natureza catabólica da enfermidade. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar, por meio de imunoistoquímica, a presença de formas amastigotas de Leishmania sp, linfócitos T (CD3+), macrófagos e IgG nos músculos tríceps braquial, extensor carpo radial, bíceps femoral e gastrocnêmio de 23 cães naturalmente acometidos por leishmaniose visceral. Dentre os 92 músculos avaliados,11 (12%) apresentaram marcação antigênica para formas amastigotas de Leishmania sp, 35 (38,1%) para linfócitos T (CD3+), 29 (31,5%) para macrófagos e 14 (12%) para IgG. Os resultados obtidos permitiram concluir que em cães com leishmaniose visceral apresentam imunomarcação para formas amastigotas de Leishmania sp., linfócitos T CD3+, macrófagos e IgG, sugerindo a participação direta do parasito e de uma resposta imune celular e humoral na fisiopatogenia da lesão muscular. / Visceral leishmaniasis may be included as a cause of inflammatory myophathy in dogs, however, little is known about the pathogenesis of the disease in the muscular system, which is frequently associated with the catabolic nature of the illness. The purpose of this study was investigate, through immunohistochemistry, the presence of amastigote forms of Leishmania sp, T lymphocytes (CD3+), macrophages and IgG in the muscle triceps brachial, extensor carpi radialis, biceps femoris and gastrocnemius of 23 dogs with visceral leishmaniasis. Among 92 evaluated muscles, 11 (12%) presented antigenic marking for amastigote forms of Leishmania sp., 35 (38,1%) for T lymphocites (CD3+), 29 (31,5%) for macrophages and 14 (12%) for IgG. The results of the present experiment led to the conclusion that in dogs with visceral leishmaniasis there may be a straight participation of the parasite and of cellular and humoral immune response in the ethiopatogeny of the muscular injury.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T14:38:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_clarissa_castro.pdf: 569054 bytes, checksum: b9876922c1664dec56ef9c9d4ff5cb3a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-03-31 / The enzootic bovine leukosis is an illness caused by the bovine leukosis virus (BLV) which provokes a persistent infection in cattle and is responsible for significant economical losses to the bovines, mainly dairy cattle. It is widely spread in Brazilian cattle and it can come up in three forms: asymptomatic infection, persistent lymphocytosis and lymphosarcoma. The animals that have antibodies against the BLV must be eliminated or separated from the rest of the cattle, because they are carriers and disseminators of the virus during all their lifetimes. The diagnosis of this disease is essential for control and eradication strategies based on the segregation of infected animals in order to avoid or attenuate the transmission of the virus, and consequently, minimize the economical losses caused by the disease. During the BLV infection antibodies are produced against the main viral proteins, gp 51, gp 30 (envelope glicoproteins) and p24 (capsid protein). The agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tests are the most used for diagnosis. In this report the immunoperoxidase technique (peroxidase linked assay - PLA) was evaluated in order to detect antibodies against the BLV. The results obtained in the PLA were compared with the AGID test and the specificity of the positive ones was confirmed by the Western blotting (WB) technique. Two hundred and one bovine serum samples of cattle coming from the city of Pelotas were tested: 59% (119) were positive in PLA and 26% (53) were positive in AGID. All the AGID positive samples were also PLA positive. From the 32,8% (66) of the conflicting serum results just eight were confirmed as positive in WB, indicating that the rest of the results were false-positive and showing that AGID failed in identifying 4% of the BLV positive animals. The PLA technique for the diagnosis of the BLV infection demonstrated to be very useful to use in control programs because it was more sensitive when compared to the AGID technique. However, the occurrence of false-positive results by the PLA makes its use unviable in eradication programs that involve the sacrifice of seropositive animals. / A leucose enzoótica dos bovinos (EBL) é uma enfermidade causada pelo vírus da leucose bovina (BLV), que ocasiona uma infecção persistente em bovinos, e é responsável por perdas econômicas significativas à pecuária, principalmente a leiteira. Amplamente disseminada no rebanho brasileiro, pode ser manifestada de três formas: aleucêmica, linfocitose persistente e linfossarcoma. Os animais com anticorpos contra o BLV deverão ser eliminados ou separados do restante do rebanho, pois significa que são portadores e disseminadores do vírus por toda a vida. O diagnóstico desta doença é essencial para estratégias de controle e erradicação baseadas na segregação de animais infectados no intuito de evitar ou amenizar a transmissão do vírus e, consequentemente, minimizar as perdas econômicas causadas pela doença. Durante a infecção pelo BLV são produzidos anticorpos contra as principais proteínas virais, gp51, gp30 (glicoproteínas do envelope) e p24 (proteína do capsídeo). O teste de imunodifusão em gel de ágar (agar gel immunodiffusion AGID) e o ensaio imunoenzimático (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA) são os mais utilizados para diagnóstico. No presente trabalho foi avaliada a técnica de imunoperoxidase (peroxidase linked assay PLA) na detecção de anticorpos contra o BLV. Os resultados obtidos na PLA foram comparados com o teste de AGID e a especificidade dos positivos confirmada pela técnica de Western blotting (WB). Foram testadas 201 amostras de soro de bovinos provenientes de propriedades localizadas no município de Pelotas: 59% (119) foram positivos por PLA e 26% (53) positivos por AGID. Todas as amostras positivas na AGID foram também positivas na PLA. Dos 32,8% (66) dos soros com resultados conflitantes apenas oito foram confirmados como positivos no WB, indicando serem falso-positivos os demais resultados e constatando que a AGID falhou em identificar 4% de animais positivos para EBL. A técnica de PLA para diagnóstico de infecção pelo BLV se mostrou muito útil para uso em programas de controle devido à maior sensibilidade da técnica quando comparada com o teste de AGID. Contudo, a ocorrência de resultados falso-positivos pela PLA inviabiliza o seu uso em programas de erradicação que envolva o sacrifício do animal soropositivo.