Pathological study on some tissues of rat experimentally infected with Toxoplasma gondii

Section: Article
Issue
Vol. 23 No. 3 (2010): Volume 23 Issue 3
Published
Sep 1, 2010
Pages
8-17

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study was conducted to isolate Toxoplasma gondii from aborted placentae of ewes, & follow up the histopathological changes that produced in some different organs such as liver, brain & eyes of rats which inoculated experimentally by suspension of the parasite. Histopathological changes in brain represented by presence of tachyzoites & tissue cyst at 30/45 days post infection associated with encephalomeningitiswhile in liver, the lesions characterized by presence of perivascular & periductular cuffing of tachyzoites associated with pyknotic nuclei of hepatocytes. Moreover, in the eye tachyzoites & tissue cyst has been seen invaded in extraocular muscles, congestion of blood vessels with lymphocytic infiltration and retinochoroiditis, also has been seen.

Authors

Entisar R. Alkennay
Shahla A. Hassan

Identifiers

https://doi.org/10.33899/edusj.2010.58400
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E. R. Alkennay and S. A. Hassan, “Pathological study on some tissues of rat experimentally infected with Toxoplasma gondii”, JES, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 8–17, Sep. 2010.