Evaluation of alveolar macrophage functions of cattle is an important tool in order to assess whether measures taken during the cattle husbandry can decrease the respiratory tract defense. The aim of this study was to determine whether dexamethasone used at therapeutic dose can affect the oxidative metabolism of alveolar macrophages of cattle. This was evaluated by two tests, the fluorometric and colorimetric. The similarity of the results was studied, using alveolar macrophages of six healthy cattle, obtained from bronchoalveolar lavage on a basal and an immunosuppressant moment after the application of dexamethasone. For the fluorometric test, alveolar macrophages were incubated with Staphylococcus aureus and 2’-7’dichlorohidroflurescein, and analyzed by flow cytometer. For the colorimetric test, alveolar macrophages were incubated with Phorbol 12- miristate-13 acetate and nitroblue tetrazolium, dissolved and analyzed in a spectrophotometer. It was noted that dexamethasone therapeutic dose (0.05 mg/kg) reduced the functions of alveolar macrophages from healthy bovine. This result was observed by both tests with the difference that the flow cytometry assay was more informative for identifying which specific cellular function has been compromised.
Painful procedures can affect the function of innate immune cells, such as neutrophils and macrophages, increasing the risk of infectious diseases. The present work aimed to verify if the analgesics flunixin meglumine or ketoprofen can attenuate the pain/discomfort of newborn lambs submitted by elastration tail docking and thereby avoid the impairment of blood granulocytes function. Twenty-one neonate lambs were divided into three treatments: the control group (n=7), not subjected to caudectomy; the flunixin group (n=7), subjected to caudectomy under local anesthesia and analgesia with two doses of flunixin meglumine; and the ketoprofen group (n=7), subjected to caudectomy under local anesthesia and two doses of ketoprofen. Pain indicators were observed by pain posture score (PS), the number of vocalizations (V), frequency of the movement of the ears (EF), and respiratory rates (RR), observed by a 10 minutes videos for each time points: -15min, 6h, 48h, and 144h. At the same time points, the reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and phagocytosis of blood granulocytes were measured by flow cytometry. At 6h after caudectomy, there was a pain indicator increase (RR, V, and PS), a blood granulocyte percentage increase, and a granulocytes phagocytosis reduction for both groups. At 48h, the ketoprofen group spend more time in pain posture and, at 144h, they exhibited a ROS production granulocyte reduction without signs of pain. We conclude the flunixin meglumine and ketoprofen did not prevent the acute pain/discomfort caused by caudectomy, because the groups showed a pain behavior and impaired of the innate immune response however, the flunixin meglumine was effective in controlling the chronic pain and their effects on blood granulocytes function in compare ketoprofen.
Gastrointestinal parasite control has been a major challenge to livestock due to the failure of anthelmintic treatments. Monepantel (MNT) was introduced in 2009 as an alternative treatment option showing a new mechanism of action against nematode parasites. To study the response of MNT in a suppressive regime, 45-Suffolk and White Dorper naturally infected sheep were divided into one of three groups, G1: control – with no treatment, G2: MNT at 2.5 mg kg−1 live weight (LW) PO every 30 days, and G3: MNT at 4.0 mg kgLW−1 PO every 30 days for 6 months. Every 15 days, the animals were individually weighed (body weight, BW) and checked for Famacha (FMC) and body condition score (BCS). The efficacy of MNT was evaluated weekly by fecal egg count (FEC) every month. FEC showed >97% efficacy at the start of the experiment, revealing a significant reduction for G2 (28%) and G3 (39%) in the following months. There was no treatment, BW or BCS effect between treatments; however, there was a period (P < 0.0001) and a treatment vs period interaction (P < 0.0001) for BW. The data revealed that MNT at a therapeutic and suppressive dose had a non-linear polynomial efficacy regression (R2) of 0.988 and 0.992, respectively. This original experiment demonstrates how short-interval and suppressive MNT treatments would rapidly select Haemonchus contortus, showing a fast susceptible-resistance phenotypic population replacement. Therefore, it is suggested that MNT might be carefully used in parasite control programmes alongside other management strategies (i.e. FMC, BCS) to reduce treatment frequency and the selection process for resistance.
ResumoA resposta imune tardia direcionada para eliminação da hemoncose pode ser modulada pelo perfil Th2, sendo os eosinófilos as principais células efetoras responsáveis pela eficiente eliminação do parasita; ou modulada pelo perfil Th1, sendo os neutrófilos as principais células efetoras, que promovem eliminação parasitária mais deficiente, pois testes in vitro demonstraram que o parasita deprime o metabolismo oxidativo dos fagócitos. Desta maneira, este trabalho objetivou avaliar se o grau de infecção parasitária observado pela quantidade de ovos por grama de fezes (OPG) de Haemonchus contortus interfere no leucograma e se impacta no metabolismo oxidativo leucocitário em ovino naturalmente acometido por hemoncose. Para tanto, 39 ovinos machos adultos e sem alterações no exame físico, excetuando-se a coloração das mucosas, foram separados em 4 grupos conforme a infecção parasitária 0-350 (n=15), 400 a 1000 (n=10), 1100-2000 (n=7) e 2100-4700 (n=7). Notou-se correlação significativa positiva entre OPG e neutrófilos (r=0,56; P=0,0003) e significativa negativa entre OPG e eosinófilos (r=-0,50; P=0,0012) e OPG e metabolismo oxidativo leucocitário (P=0,0001), permitindo concluir que há relação entre as células efetoras e a severidade de infecção parasitária em ovinos naturalmente infectados por hemoncose. Também se verificou que a alta infecção parasitária promove diminuição do metabolismo oxidativo de leucócitos. Palavras-chave: Helmintos; metabolismo oxidativo; neutrófilos; eosinófilos. AbstractThe immune response to hemoncosis can be modulated by the Th2 profile, and the main effector cells responsible are eosinophils responsible for a efficient elimination of the parasite, but when it is modulated by the Th1 profile, neutrophils are the main effector cells, responsible for a more deficient parasitic elimination, probabely, because in vitro tests have shown that the parasite depresses the oxidative metabolism of phagocytes. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate if the degree of parasitic infection observed by the amount of eggs per gram of feces (EPG) of Haemonchus contortus interferes in the leukogram, and if it impacts on leukocyte oxidative metabolism in sheep naturally affected by hemoncosis. 39 adult male sheep without alterations in the physical examination, except for mucosal collor, were separated into 4 groups according to
To enhance the productivity of beef cattle, it has been used increasingly diets based on grains, which although they provide more energy, alter the pH and ruminal microflora, resulting in a condition called subacute ruminal acidosis syndrome (SARA). Early diagnosis of this disease through analysis of ruminal pH, allows it to be established management interventions, preventing or minimizing the clinical signs. The most recommended technique for this analysis is the rumenocentesis, widely applied in dairy cattle, but little described in beef cattle. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine whether this technique can be applied repeatedly in bulls subjected to high grain diet. The rumenocentesis was performed by percutaneous puncture at caudo ventral sac of 32 young bulls ½ Angus blood of approximately 350 kg and 11 months of age, in two stages, M0 when it was provided diet composed of roughage and concentrate and M1 composed of 100% concentrate diet. Were analyzed the facility to obtain ruminal fluid, its characteristics and local changes. In M0 was not observed local changes in any of the animals, and all animals in M1 had reactions from small subcutaneous nodules to larger abscesses than 20 cm in diameter. It is believed that complications after rumenocentesis occurred due to animal temper, a higher accumulation of fat in the puncture area and/or due to ruminal fluid characteristics caused by diet, which showed that the rumenocentesis technique devised for cattle milk was not suited to beef cattle subjected to high grain diets.
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