Survey on Histopathologic Patterns of Pulmonary Lesions in Slaughtered Camels (Camelus deromedarius) in Qom, Iran

Subject Areas : Journal of Large Animal Clinical Science Research(JLACSR)

Received: 2021-08-22 Accepted : 2021-08-22 Published : 2014-08-23

Keywords: camel, Qom, Histopathology, slaughterhouse, Lung, Lesion,

Abstract :

Pulmonary diseases in camelids represent one of the major complaints in camelid veterinary practice. The present study was undertaken during autum and winter 2012 to investigate histopathologic patterns of pulmonary lesions in camels (Camelus deromedarius) slaughtered in Qom slaughterhouse. In this study, 46 out of 100 carcases inspected randomly at postmortem, found with one or more pulmonary lesions. Proper tissue samples obtained from lungs with macroscopic lesions, fixed in 10% neutral buffer formaldehyde, processed for routin histopathological techniques, and finally sections of 5µm thickness cut and stained by H&E staining techniques. The major pulmonary lesions encountered on camel lungs were as follow: interstitial pneumonia, 31 (67/39%); fibrinous bronchopneumonia, 19 (41.3%), purulent bronchopneumonia,21(45/65%); pneumoconiosis, 15 (32.60%); hydatidosis 3 (6.52%); verminus  pneumonia 2 (4.34%); calcified cyst 4 (8.89%); atelectasis 8 (17.39%); pulmonary emphysema 18 (39.13%).As the results indicate, the interstitial pneumonia was considered as the most common pulmonary lesion in camels and was the major factor of condemnation (67/39%) of lungs in this species in this Qom slaughterhouse.

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