Skip to the main content

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.24099/vet.arhiv.1360

The histopathological and molecular diagnosis of myocardial sarcocystosis in sheep, and the immunohistochemical correlation of parasitic lesions with MMP - 2 and MMP - 9

Rahsan Yilmaz ; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkiye
Adnan Ayan ; Department of Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkiye
Nihat Yumusak ; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkiye
Ahmet Akkoc ; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkiye


Full text: english pdf 1.872 Kb

versions

page 591-598

downloads: 104

cite


Abstract

This study was aimed at the histopathological and immunohistochemical level investigate cardiac tissue lesions caused by Sarcocystis spp. in sheep, and thereby, to collect detailed information on the presence of these parasites and the pathogenesis of sarcocystosis in ovine animals. PCR, a molecular diagnostic method, was used for the identification of the parasite species. Microscopic examination revealed that out of the 45 ovine cardiac tissue samples examined 23 contained Sarcocystis spp. cysts. The PCR analysis results showed that out of the 23 cardiac tissue specimens infected with sarcocysts, 7 were determined to be infected with Sarcocystis gigantea and 16 with Sarcocystis tenella. Immunohistochemical examination demonstrated that, emiquantitatively, MMP - 9 staining was stronger than MMP - 2 staining in the periphery of the parasite cysts.

Keywords

myocardial sarcocystosis; MMP – 2; MMP – 9; immunohistochemistry; PCR; sheep

Hrčak ID:

287650

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/287650

Publication date:

11.12.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

Visits: 345 *