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Occurrence of Capillaria sp. in the liver of sheep (Ovis aries ) in a slaughterhouse in the state of Acre, Brazil

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Title
Occurrence of Capillaria sp. in the liver of sheep (Ovis aries ) in a slaughterhouse in the state of Acre, Brazil
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, June 2018
DOI 10.1590/s1984-296120180030
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Paulo Eduardo Ferlini Teixeira, Christiane Leal Corrêa, Fernanda Bittencourt de Oliveira, Alba Cristina Miranda de Barros Alencar, Leandro Batista das Neves, Daniel Daipert Garcia, Fernanda Barbosa de Almeida, Luis Cláudio Muniz Pereira, José Roberto Machado-Silva, Rosângela Rodrigues-Silva

Abstract

Although sheep farming has grown in the state of Acre over the past four decades, little is known about occurrences of helminthiases in the herds of this region. The objective of the study was to assess the occurrences of non-intestinal helminthiasis among sheep slaughtered in Rio Branco. A total of 110 sheep livers were inspected from two slaughter batches (july 2014 and march 2015) in a slaughterhouse in Rio Branco. Livers with macroscopic lesions were photographed and were then subjected to histopathological analysis under an optical microscope. The macroscopic lesions showed small nodes with inflammatory characteristics and areas of fibrosis, which appeared to be calcified, thus suggesting a granulomatous reaction. Of the 110 evaluated livers, we noticed 110 nodules in total; these nodules have an average size of 0.5 cm. The histopathological analysis showed alterations to the architecture of the hepatic lobe, with multiple foci of necrosis and polymorphonuclear cells. Two samples revealed the presence of helminths from Nematode class and Capillaria sp. eggs identified by the typical morphology and morphometry. This seems to be the first report of Capillaria sp. in sheep livers in Brazil, and it serves as an important alert regarding animal health surveillance and control and regarding the Capillaria sp. zoonotic role in humans.

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Unknown 16 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 4 25%
Other 2 13%
Student > Postgraduate 2 13%
Professor > Associate Professor 1 6%
Researcher 1 6%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 6 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 3 19%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 19%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 6%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 6%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Unknown 6 38%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 June 2018.
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#16,053,755
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Outputs from Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
#128
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#197,258
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#3
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