An Abbatoir –Based Study on Relative Prevalence Rate of Histopathologic Patterns of Pulmonary Lesions in Camels (Camelus deromedarius), Semnan, Iran

Subject Areas : Journal of Comparative Pathobiology

کیوان جمشیدی ¹ ( ندارد )

Received: 2011-07-28 Accepted : 2011-12-09 Published : 2012-02-20

Keywords: Camel, lung Lesion, Slaughterhouse,

Abstract :

Pulmonary diseases in camelids represent one of the major complaints in camelid veterinarypractice. The present study was undertaken during spring 2010 to investigate histopathologicpatterns of pulmonary lesions in camels (Camelus deromedarius) slaughtered in Semnanslaughterhouse. In this study, 33 out of 100 carcases (totally 150 carcases) inspected randomlyat postmortem, found with pulmonary lesions. Proper tissue samples obtained from lungs withmacroscopic lesions, fixed in 10% neutral buffer formaldehyde, processed for routinhistopathological techniques, and finally sections of 5μm thickness cut and stained by H&Estaining techniques.The major pulmonary lesions encountered on camel lungs were as follow: interstitial pneumonia30 (90.9%), pulmonary fibrosis 15 (45.45%), pneumoconiosis 24 (27.72%), atelectasis 27(81.81%), pulmonary emphysema 24 (27.72%), hydatidosis 12 (36.63%), calcified cyst 12(36.63%), bronchopneumonia 18 (54.54%), parasitic pneumonia 1 (9.09%).