Experimental Toxoplasmosis in White Turkeys
Öz
In this study, forming of experimental toxoplasmosis in white turkeys; clinical, pathological and serological determination of tissue lesions, aimed to compare them and determine pathogenesis. For these purposes, a total of 120 two months old white turkeys were divided into groups as oral and parenteral infections and also their controls. The oral group was infected with 0.5 mL of Toxoplasma gondii RH strain inoculum suspension contains 106 tachyzoites while its control group was given 0.5 mL of saline. The parenteral group were divided into four groups as intraperitoneal (IP), intramuscular (IM), intravenous (IV) and cloacal (C). Each parenteral route was divided into two groups and one control group for inoculums given 105 and 104 tachyzoites in 0.5 mL. These two control groups were also given 0.5 mL saline as indicated above. Due to acute toxoplasmosis, death occurred in three white turkeys given tachyzoites IP 105 showed neurological clinical symptoms as torticollis, ataxia, and tremor. In the histopahologic examination of these three turkeys, T. gondii tissue cysts were detected in the brain. Also, one of given 105 tachyzoites IP group in the brain and one given 104 tachyzoites IV group in the liver were observed tissue cysts associated with toxoplasmosis. The turkeys in all infection groups were found seropositive in both Sabin-Feldman Dye Test (SFDT) and Indirect Hemagglutination Test (IHA). The statistical difference between SFDT and IHA was insignificantly for the both parenteral infection groups (P>0.05) while the difference was found significantly for the orally infected group (P<0.05). In conclusion in the present study, the tissue cysts of T. gondii were microscopically seen in brain and liver of the experimental infected white turkeys.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
Türkçe
Konular
Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Ayhan Atasever
ERCİYES ÜNİVERSİTESİ, VETERİNER FAKÜLTESİ, KLİNİK ÖNCESİ BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, VETERİNERLİK PATOLOJİSİ ANABİLİM DALI
Cahit Babür
Refik Saydam Hıfzıssıhha Merkezi Başkanlığı, Ankara, Türkiye
Görkem Ekebaş
ERCİYES ÜNİVERSİTESİ, VETERİNER FAKÜLTESİ, KLİNİK ÖNCESİ BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, VETERİNERLİK PATOLOJİSİ ANABİLİM DALI
Anıl İça
Dumlupınar Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Moleküler Biyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Biyoloji Bölümü, Kütahya, Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
16 Haziran 2017
Gönderilme Tarihi
5 Aralık 2016
Kabul Tarihi
14 Şubat 2017
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2017 Cilt: 43 Sayı: 2