Histopathological description of ocular and nervous lesions in domestic rabbits infected with Encephalitozoon cuniculi: an overview

 

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Författarna: Barrantes-Murillo, Daniel, Alfaro-Alarcón, Alejandro
Materialtyp: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Utgivningstid:2015
Beskrivning:This paper describes ocular and central nervous system lesions of rabbits infected with Encephalitozoon cuniculi. The histopathological analysis, together with the use of special Ziehl-Neelsen and Gomori methenamine silver stains, is the most sensitive post-mortem diagnostic test. The neurologic lesion affects most of these patients and is related to severe multifocal granulomatous encephalitis. In many cases, microsporidial spores can be observed with the help of special stains. Ocular lesions are less frequent than nervous ones; they are characterized by a bilateral or unilateral phacoclastic uveitis.
Land:Portal de Revistas UNA
Organisation:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Språk:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/6823
Länkar:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/veterinaria/article/view/6823
Nyckelord:Encephalitozoon cuniculi
central nervous system
granulomatous encephalitis
phacoclastic uveitis
sistema nervioso central
encephalitis granulomatosa
uveítis facoclástica