Eimeriosis en crías de alpacas: Estudio anátomo histopatológico

E. César Palacios, N. Luis Tabacchi, C. Alfonso Chavera, U. Teresa López, A. Gilberto Santillán, Ch Nieves Sandoval, C. Danilo Pezo, C. Rosa Perales

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Abstract

The death associated with diarrhea of 7 newborn alpacas from the Maranganí-Cuzco community was studied. The animals showed signs of reddish watery diarrhea, dehydration, anorexia, and weakness. The gross lesions in the small intestine mucosa were reddish, augmented and necrotic, with severe hiperemia and gas. They showed small white foci of 0.2 cm diameter located at the final part of yeyuno and ileon. Two types of oocysts were detected. The first was piriform-shape of 90 microns (Eimeria macusaniensis) and the second, elipsoidal-shape of 30 microns (Emeria lamae). Microscopic lesions presented an acute, diffuse, and severe catarrhal necrotic enteritis with hiperplasia of Lieberkun cripts, and thickness or shortness of the villi, with moderate to severe corionic infiltration of eosinophils, linfocites and plasmacites, along with numerous endogenous forms: schizonts, microgamonts, macrogamonts, and non-sporulated oocysts at level of the crypts and villi.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)174-178
Number of pages5
JournalRevista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
Volume15
Issue number2
StatePublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes

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© 2004 Sociedad de Obstetricia y Ginecologia de Venezuela. All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Coccidia
  • Diarrhea
  • Eimeria
  • New born alpaca

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