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Biasibetti E, Giorcelli J, Deideri F, Bianco P, Capucchio MT, Volante M. Adrenal gland tumors in dairy cattle from Northern Italy: morphological and phenotypical characterization in comparison with human pathology. Pol J Vet Sci 2019; 20:779-788. [PMID: 29611662 DOI: 10.1515/pjvs-2017-0098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Bovine adrenal gland tumours are considered relatively common, although scarce data are available about their real incidence, pathological characterization, classification criteria and immunohistochemical profile. This study describes the morphological and immunophenotypical characteristics of 35 dairy cattle adrenal gland tumors from Northern Italy and compare them with human pathology. Macroscopical, histological, histochemical and immunohistochemical investigations were performed. Microscopically proliferative lesions were classified as focal hyperplasia (8/35), primary cortical tumors (15/35) , primary medullary tumors (12/35). The cortical tumors showed a highly heterogeneous spectrum of morphological aspects not matching the two major diagnostic categories of adenoma and carcinoma in either cattle or humans. The medullary tumors (7 neuroblastomas and 5 pheochromocytomas) showed morphological and immunophenotypical features largely overlapping with human counterparts. Although limited by the small number of neoplasms and the lack of evidence of metastases precluding a clear distinction between benign and malignant lesions, this study represents the first attempt to compare the bovine and the human pathology. The present data support the concept that adrenal tumors in cattle have distinctive features that deserve a species- specific classification.
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- E Biasibetti
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino Largo Paolo Braccini, 2, 10095 Grugliasco; Italy
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- Department of Oncology, San Luigi Hospital, University of Torino, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino Largo Paolo Braccini, 2, 10095 Grugliasco; Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino Largo Paolo Braccini, 2, 10095 Grugliasco; Italy
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- Department of Oncology, San Luigi Hospital, University of Torino, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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Amato B, Di Marco Lo Presti V, Gerace E, Capucchio MT, Vitale M, Zanghì P, Pacciarini ML, Marianelli C, Boniotti MB. Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains isolated from livestock and wild animals in Italy suggests the need for a different eradication strategy for bovine tuberculosis. Transbound Emerg Dis 2017; 65:e416-e424. [PMID: 29205877 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an important zoonosis, which has been re-emerging in different ecological scenarios. In Sicily, Italy, from 2004 to 2014, an anatomopathological survey for tuberculosis-like lesions both in farmed and wild animals was performed. The isolates were genotyped using spoligotyping and Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units-Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (MIRU-VNTR) techniques. High prevalence of lesions was observed for cattle (4%), pigs (4.9%) and wild boars (6.8%), and a total of 625 Mycobacterium bovis isolates were identified. Genotyping analysis showed the presence of 37 different spoligotypes including fifteen spoligotypes not present in other Italian regions and 266 MIRU-VNTR profiles. Spoligotype SB0120 exhibited the highest prevalence in cattle (50%) and pigs (56%) and the highest genetic variety with 126 different MIRU-VNTR profiles. The isolation of M. bovis in a farmer underlines the importance of M. bovis identification during the human TB diagnostic processes. This study supported the use of the genotyping analysis as a valuable tool for the evaluation of the epidemiological role of pigs and other domestic reservoirs such as goats and the role of wildlife in the maintenance of bTB infection.
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- B Amato
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy
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- National Reference Centre for Bovine Tuberculosis, Brescia, Italy
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- National Reference Centre for Bovine Tuberculosis, Brescia, Italy
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Renna M, Schiavone A, Gai F, Dabbou S, Lussiana C, Malfatto V, Prearo M, Capucchio MT, Biasato I, Biasibetti E, De Marco M, Brugiapaglia A, Zoccarato I, Gasco L. Evaluation of the suitability of a partially defatted black soldier fly ( Hermetia illucens L.) larvae meal as ingredient for rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum) diets. J Anim Sci Biotechnol 2017; 8:57. [PMID: 28680591 PMCID: PMC5494141 DOI: 10.1186/s40104-017-0191-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Two trials were performed to evaluate a partially defatted Hermetia illucens (HI) larvae meal as potential feed ingredient in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum) diets. In the first trial, 360 trout (178.9 ± 9.8 g of mean initial body weight) were randomly divided into three experimental groups (4 tanks/treatment, 30 fish/tank). The fish were fed for 78 days with isonitrogenous, isolipidic and isoenergetic diets containing increasing levels of HI, on as fed basis: 0% (HI0, control diet), 25% (HI25) and 50% (HI50) of fish meal substitution, corresponding to dietary inclusion levels of 0, 20% and 40%. In the second trial, 36 trout (4 tanks/treatment, 3 fish/tank) were used to evaluate the in vivo apparent digestibility coefficients (ADC) of the same diets used in the first trial. RESULTS Survival, growth performance, condition factor, somatic indexes, and dorsal fillet physical quality parameters were not affected by diet. The highest dietary inclusion of HI larvae meal increased dry matter and ether extract contents of trout dorsal fillet. The use of HI larvae meal induced a decrease of valuable polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) even if differences were only reported at the highest level of HI inclusion. The insect meal worsened the lipids health indexes of the same muscle. Dietary inclusion of insect meal did not alter the villus height of the fish. No differences were found among treatments in relation to ADC of ether extract and gross energy, while ADC of dry matter and crude protein were higher in HI25 if compared to HI50. CONCLUSIONS The obtained results showed that a partially defatted HI larvae meal can be used as feed ingredient in trout diets up to 40% of inclusion level without impacting survival, growth performance, condition factor, somatic indexes, dorsal fillet physical quality parameters, and intestinal morphology of the fish. However, further investigations on specific feeding strategies and diet formulations are needed to limit the observed negative effects of the insect meal on the FA composition of dorsal muscle.
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- M. Renna
- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO Italy
- Institute of Science of Food Production, National Research Council, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO Italy
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- Institute of Science of Food Production, National Research Council, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO Italy
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- Veterinary Medical Research Institute for Piedmont, Liguria and Aosta Valley, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO Italy
- Institute of Science of Food Production, National Research Council, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO Italy
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Biasato I, Lanteri G, Guarda F, Capucchio MT, Marino F, Briguglio G, Macrì F. Unusual Combination of Multiple Vascular Anomalies in a German Shepherd Puppy with Megaoesophagus. Anat Histol Embryol 2017; 46:216-219. [DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- I. Biasato
- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Turin; Largo Paolo Braccini 2 10095, Grugliasco (TO) Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata 98168 Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Turin; Largo Paolo Braccini 2 10095, Grugliasco (TO) Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Turin; Largo Paolo Braccini 2 10095, Grugliasco (TO) Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata 98168 Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata 98168 Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata 98168 Messina Italy
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Capucchio MT, Lanteri G, Marino F, Biasibetti E, Reale S, Guarda F, Macrì B. Myocardial infarctions due to Erysipelotrix rhusiopathiae infection in an adult sheep. SCHWEIZ ARCH TIERH 2016; 158:765-767. [PMID: 27821381 DOI: 10.17236/sat00094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- M T Capucchio
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Peletto S, Capucchio MT, Strillacci MG, Boin C, Biasibetti E, Modesto P, Schiavini F, Acutis PL, Bagnato A. P6008 Genomic basis of Lipomatous Myopathy in Piedmontese beef cattle. J Anim Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.2527/jas2016.94supplement4151a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Biasato I, De Marco M, Rotolo L, Renna M, Lussiana C, Dabbou S, Capucchio MT, Biasibetti E, Costa P, Gai F, Pozzo L, Dezzutto D, Bergagna S, Martínez S, Tarantola M, Gasco L, Schiavone A. Effects of dietaryTenebrio molitormeal inclusion in free-range chickens. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2016; 100:1104-1112. [DOI: 10.1111/jpn.12487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 01/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- I. Biasato
- Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie; Università degli Studi di Torino; Grugliasco Torino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie; Università degli Studi di Torino; Grugliasco Torino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie; Forestali e Alimentari; Università degli Studi di Torino; Grugliasco Torino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie; Forestali e Alimentari; Università degli Studi di Torino; Grugliasco Torino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie; Forestali e Alimentari; Università degli Studi di Torino; Grugliasco Torino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie; Forestali e Alimentari; Università degli Studi di Torino; Grugliasco Torino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie; Università degli Studi di Torino; Grugliasco Torino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie; Università degli Studi di Torino; Grugliasco Torino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie; Università degli Studi di Torino; Grugliasco Torino Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari (ISPA); CNR; Grugliasco Torino Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari (ISPA); CNR; Grugliasco Torino Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte; Liguria e Valle d'Aosta; Torino Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte; Liguria e Valle d'Aosta; Torino Italy
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- Departamento de Producción Animal; Universidad de Murcia; Murcia Spain
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie; Università degli Studi di Torino; Grugliasco Torino Italy
- Istituto di Ricerche Interdisciplinari sulla Sostenibilità; Università degli Studi di Torino; Grugliasco Torino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie; Forestali e Alimentari; Università degli Studi di Torino; Grugliasco Torino Italy
- Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari (ISPA); CNR; Grugliasco Torino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie; Università degli Studi di Torino; Grugliasco Torino Italy
- Istituto di Ricerche Interdisciplinari sulla Sostenibilità; Università degli Studi di Torino; Grugliasco Torino Italy
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Youssef SA, Capucchio MT, Rofina JE, Chambers JK, Uchida K, Nakayama H, Head E. Pathology of the Aging Brain in Domestic and Laboratory Animals, and Animal Models of Human Neurodegenerative Diseases. Vet Pathol 2016; 53:327-48. [DOI: 10.1177/0300985815623997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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According to the WHO, the proportion of people over 60 years is increasing and expected to reach 22% of total world’s population in 2050. In parallel, recent animal demographic studies have shown that the life expectancy of pet dogs and cats is increasing. Brain aging is associated not only with molecular and morphological changes but also leads to different degrees of behavioral and cognitive dysfunction. Common age-related brain lesions in humans include brain atrophy, neuronal loss, amyloid plaques, cerebrovascular amyloid angiopathy, vascular mineralization, neurofibrillary tangles, meningeal osseous metaplasia, and accumulation of lipofuscin. In aging humans, the most common neurodegenerative disorder is Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which progressively impairs cognition, behavior, and quality of life. Pathologic changes comparable to the lesions of AD are described in several other animal species, although their clinical significance and effect on cognitive function are poorly documented. This review describes the commonly reported age-associated neurologic lesions in domestic and laboratory animals and the relationship of these lesions to cognitive dysfunction. Also described are the comparative interspecies similarities and differences to AD and other human neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson’s disease and progressive supranuclear palsy, and the spontaneous and transgenic animal models of these diseases.
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- S. A. Youssef
- Department of Pathobiology, Dutch Molecular Pathology Center, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Torino University, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Sanders Brown Center on Aging, Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, UK, USA
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Biasibetti E, Bisanzio D, Mioletti S, Amedeo S, Iuliano A, Bianco P, Capucchio MT. Spontaneous Age-related Changes of Peripheral Nerves in Cattle: Morphological and Biochemical Studies. Anat Histol Embryol 2015; 45:100-8. [PMID: 25823666 DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 02/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Peripheral nerve function is significantly affected by ageing. During ageing process, multiple changes occur on tissue cells and extracellular matrix. The aim of this work was to study the ageing-associated changes of peripheral nerves in adult and old regularly slaughtered cattle compared with young calves, and correlate them to the features reported in humans and laboratory animals. Samples of axial dorsal metacarpal nerves from 44 cows were collected immediately after slaughtering. Each nerve was dissected and divided into two fragments: one used for morphological evaluation (n = 43) and the other one for biochemical analysis (n = 31). Axonal degeneration, demyelination, thickness of perineurium and endoneurium and increase of mast cells were the most important features detected. The mean amount of glycosaminoglycan quantitative content recorded in the samples increased with the age. Axonal degeneration, demyelination and thickness of endoneurium were positively and significantly correlated with biochemistry. The presence of changes affecting the different elements of the peripheral nerves, similar to that reported in humans and in laboratory species, the easy availability of the nerve tissue in this species, the considerable size of the samples and the life conditions more similar to humans than to laboratory animals, allows the authors to consider cattle as a potential good model for the comparative study of spontaneous ageing nerve lesions.
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- E Biasibetti
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University, 400 Dowman Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, Torino, Italy
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- ASLTo4, via Po 11, 10034, Chivasso, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, Torino, Italy
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Pozzo L, Cavallarin L, Antoniazzi S, Guerre P, Biasibetti E, Capucchio MT, Schiavone A. Feeding a diet contaminated with ochratoxin A for broiler chickens at the maximum level recommended by the EU for poultry feeds (0.1 mg/kg). 2. Effects on meat quality, oxidative stress, residues and histological traits. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2013; 97 Suppl 1:23-31. [PMID: 23639014 DOI: 10.1111/jpn.12051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2012] [Accepted: 12/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The European Commission Recommendation 2006/576/EC indicates that the maximum tolerable level of ochratoxin A (OTA) in poultry feeds is 0.1 mg OTA/kg. Thirty-six 1-day-old male broiler chicks were divided into two groups, a control (basal diet) and an OTA (basal diet + 0.1 mg OTA/kg) group. The OTA concentration was quantified in serum, liver, kidney, breast and thigh samples. The thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) content were evaluated in the liver, kidney, breast and thigh samples. The glutathione (GSH) content, and catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity were measured in the liver and kidney samples. Histopathological traits were evaluated for the spleen, bursa of Fabricius and liver samples. Moreover, the chemical composition of the meat was analysed in breast and thigh samples. In the OTA diet-fed animals, a serum OTA concentration of 1.15 ± 0.35 ng/ml was found, and OTA was also detected in kidney and liver at 3.58 ± 0.85 ng OTA/g f.w. and 1.92 ± 0.21 ng OTA/g f.w., respectively. The TBARS content was higher in the kidney of the ochratoxin A group (1.53 ± 0.18 nmol/mg protein vs. 0.91 ± 0.25 nmol/mg protein). Feeding OTA at 0.1 mg OTA/kg also resulted in degenerative lesions in the spleen, bursa of Fabricius and liver. The maximum tolerable level of 0.1 mg OTA/kg, established for poultry feeds by the EU, represents a safe limit for the final consumer, because no OTA residues were found in breast and thigh meat. Even though no clinical signs were noticed in the birds fed the OTA-contaminated diet, moderate histological lesions were observed in the liver, spleen and bursa of Fabricius.
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- L Pozzo
- Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Torino, Grugliasco, Turin, Italy
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Astrocytomas represent the most common cerebral tumors in humans and in animals, and the fibrillary cytological subtype is the most frequently observed. In this report and for the first time, a thalamic astrocytoma is described in a chamois showing depressed mentation, pleurothotonus and circling to the right side.
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- A D'Angelo
- Department of Animal Pathology, University of Turin, Italy.
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Biasibetti E, D’Angelo A, Bellino C, Gay L, Gianella P, Capucchio MT. Diprosopia/Dicephalia in Calves in Northern Italy: Clinical and Aetio-Pathological Features. Anat Histol Embryol 2011; 40:433-40. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2011.01093.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Capucchio MT, Catalano D, De Meneghi D, Lynen G, Di Giulio G, Tomassone L, Biasibetti E, Valenza F. Bovine cerebral theileriosis: Histological and ultrastructural investigations. N Z Vet J 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2011.585124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Biolatti C, Gianella P, Capucchio MT, Borrelli A, D'Angelo A. Late onset and rapid progression of cerebellar abiotrophy in a domestic shorthair cat. J Small Anim Pract 2010; 51:123-6. [PMID: 20136999 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2009.00852.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A two-year-old male domestic shorthair cat was seen because of sudden onset of incoordination and tremors that had rapidly worsened over five days. Neurological examination revealed severe cerebellar ataxia, intention tremors and bilaterally decreased menace response. Blood work evaluation included a complete cell blood count (CBC), serum biochemistry profile, urinalysis, faecal flotation, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis and retroviral testing. Except for testing positive for feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) antibodies, all other results were within the normal range. The patient was euthanased two days later because of progression of clinical signs, and a necropsy was performed. Histologically, lesions were limited to the cerebellum and consistent with cerebellar abiotrophy. No secondary diseases that could explain the rapid development of clinical signs were found. It was considered unlikely that cerebellar degeneration was related to FIV positivity, as virus invasion of the central nervous system (CNS) is mainly limited to the cerebral cortex. This case report is the first to describe late onset and rapid progression cerebellar abiotrophy in a cat.
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- C Biolatti
- Department of Animal Pathology, Clinical Section, University of Turin, Via L. da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy
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Borrelli A, Mattiazzi L, Capucchio MT, Biolatti C, Cagnasso A, Gianella P, D'Angelo A. Cachexia secondary to intracranial anaplastic (malignant) ependymoma in a boxer dog. J Small Anim Pract 2009; 50:554-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2009.00788.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Capucchio MT, Márquez M, Pregel P, Foradada L, Bravo M, Mattutino G, Torre C, Schiffer D, Catalano D, Valenza F, Guarda F, Pumarola M. Parenchymal and vascular lesions in ageing equine brains: histological and immunohistochemical studies. J Comp Pathol 2009; 142:61-73. [PMID: 19744668 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2009.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2009] [Revised: 06/11/2009] [Accepted: 07/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Many age-related changes are described in the nervous system of different species, but detailed studies of brain lesions in ageing horses are lacking. The aim of the present study was to systematically characterize lesions in the brains of 60 horses aged from 7 to 23 years. No gross changes were present in any brain. Microscopically, spongiform changes, lipofuscin storage, corpora amylacea, gliosis and satellitosis were common, together with axonal and neuronal swellings. The most important findings were the presence of pseudocalcium-calcium (pCa-Ca) deposits and arterial wall degeneration. Scanning electron microscopical examination of two cases with vascular mineralization revealed marked deposition of an amorphous substance in the vessel walls that was probably formed by a polyanionic protein matrix and a mineral component. Immunohistochemically, numerous axonal spheroids were positively labelled for ubiquitin. No PrPsc was detected in sections with neuronal vacuolation. Neuronal swelling, corpora amylacea, hippocampal Tau-positive neurons and methenamine-positive diffuse (preamyloid) plaques were also detected. Congo red staining failed to detect amyloid deposition. The characterization of age-related lesions in the brains of these horses will allow these changes to be discriminated from pathological processes in future studies. Some lesions described here, including some vascular changes, the presence of diffuse plaques and tau accumulation in hippocampal neurons, have not been described previously in the horse.
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- M T Capucchio
- Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, Torino, Italy.
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D'Angelo A, Bertuglia A, Capucchio MT, Riondato F, Zanatta R, Gandini G. Central vestibular syndrome due to a squamous cell carcinoma in a horse. Vet Rec 2009; 161:314-6. [PMID: 17766814 DOI: 10.1136/vr.161.9.314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- A D'Angelo
- Department of Animal Pathology, University of Turin, Via L. Da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco, Torino, Italy
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Cavana P, Capucchio MT, Bovero A, Ripanti D, Catalano D, Scaglione FE, Miller J, Blunden T, Farca AM. Noncongophilic Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis in a Cat. Vet Pathol 2008; 45:347-51. [DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-3-347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This report describes an uncommon case of nonamyloidotic fibrillary glomerulonephritis. A 5-year-old female European cat was presented with nephrotic syndrome. Serum biochemistry and urinalysis revealed a mild increase in cholesterol, low total protein, severe hypoalbuminemia, and high proteinuria with a high protein-to-creatinine ratio. An histologic examination revealed an interstitial nephritis and a diffuse glomerulonephritis, with multifocal thickening of the Bowman's capsule. Transmission electron microscopy showed widespread fibrillary deposits in the glomerular basement membrane and in the mesangium. These fibrils ranged between 18 and 26 nm in diameter and were Congo red negative, which allowed their differentiation from amyloid. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated expression for immunoglobulin M (IgM) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) within the mesangium. Renal deposits of Congo red-negative amyloid-like fibrils have been described in humans, horses, monkeys, and dogs. This is the first report of noncongophilic fibrillary glomerulopathy in a cat.
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- P. Cavana
- Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Turin, Grugliasco (Torino), Italy
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- Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Turin, Grugliasco (Torino), Italy
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- Veterinary Clinic Valsusa, Avigliana, Turin, Italy
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- Veterinary Clinic Valsusa, Avigliana, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Turin, Grugliasco (Torino), Italy
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- Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Turin, Grugliasco (Torino), Italy
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- Animal Health Trust, Diagnostic Laboratory Service, Newmarket, Suffolk, UK
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- Animal Health Trust, Diagnostic Laboratory Service, Newmarket, Suffolk, UK
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- Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Turin, Grugliasco (Torino), Italy
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D'Angelo A, Bellino C, Alborali GL, Biancardi A, Borrelli A, Capucchio MT, Catalano D, Dellaferrera G, Maurella C, Cagnasso A. Neurological signs associated with aflatoxicosis in Piedmontese calves. Vet Rec 2007; 160:698-700. [PMID: 17513837 DOI: 10.1136/vr.160.20.698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- A D'Angelo
- Department of Animal Pathology, University of Turin, Via L. Da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy
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Ceci L, Paradies P, Sasanelli M, de Caprariis D, Guarda F, Capucchio MT, Carelli G. Haemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome in Dairy Cattle: Possible Role of Clostridium perfringens Type A in the Disease Complex. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 53:518-23. [PMID: 17105573 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2006.00884.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A survey based on clinical, pathological and microbiological investigations was performed on 11 Brown Swiss cattle affected with depression, anorexia, agalaxia, ruminal hypomotility, abdominal pain and melaena. In eight animals, macroscopical lesions consisted in haemorrhagic enteritis in the small intestine. Seven of eight isolates from tissue samples were identified as Clostridum perfringens type A, and four were identified as C. perfringens type A with the beta2 toxin gene. Based on these observations, animals were considered affected with haemorrhagic bowel syndrome.
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- L Ceci
- Department of Animal Health and Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Strada Provinciale per Casamassima Km 3, 70010 Valenzano-Bari, Italy.
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Zanatta R, Miniscalco B, Guarro J, Gené J, Capucchio MT, Gallo MG, Mikulicich B, Peano A. A case of disseminated mycosis in a German shepherd dog due to Penicillium purpurogenum. Med Mycol 2006; 44:93-7. [PMID: 16805099 DOI: 10.1080/13693780500302726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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The genus Penicillium is among the most common contaminant fungi in the environment. Around 15 species are known to cause opportunistic human mycoses, in immunocompromised patients. Until now, Penicillium purpurogenum has been involved in only three human cases of pulmonary diseases but no infections in animals have been reported. Most disseminated mycoses in dogs are caused by members of the genus Aspergillus, with the predisposing factors in these cases being difficult to define. The case reported here involved a 4-year-old female German shepherd dog (GSD) with forelimb instability and back pain. Clinical examination showed hyperthermia, generalized lymphadenomegaly and kyphosis. Radiological findings of the spine revealed areas of discospondilitis involving thoracic and lumbar vertebrae. Microscopic observations of fine needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) of lymph-nodes showed regular, septate, branching fungal hyphae. Itraconazole therapy was started but the subject died six days later. Disseminated necrotic areas were detected in enlarged lymph-nodes, liver and spleen. Vertebral granulomas within lytic areas in T10-T11 and L2-L3, were observed. Cultures inoculated with samples obtained from lymph-node FNAB and bioptic material from necropsied organs revealed the presence of pure cultures of Penicillium, subsequently identified as P. purpurogenum. Apart from female GSD's suspected predisposition to disseminated mycoses described in literature, no other predisposing factors were ascertained in this case.
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- R Zanatta
- Dipartimenti di Patologia Animale e di Produzioni Animali, Epidemiologia ed Ecologia, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Torino, Italy
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Maedi-visna is a systemic disease of sheep caused by a lentivirus, maedi-visna virus (MVV), which mainly affects the lungs and central nervous system but may also affect the mammary glands, joints and other tissues. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the third eyelid was affected in cases of systemic infection. Third eyelid and lung samples from sheep naturally infected with maedi were used. Total DNA was extracted from paraffin-wax-embedded tissues, and a nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed to amplify MVV proviral DNA. The samples were also tested by in-situ PCR and immunohistochemical methods specific for the detection of MVV proviral DNA and p25, respectively. All sheep showed moderate to severe chronic lymphoproliferative inflammation in the third eyelids. Products of the expected size were obtained by PCR from both lung and third eyelid tissue. In the nictitating membrane, MVV proviral DNA was detected in situ within macrophages, and glandular, ductal and surface epithelia. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated that the infection was productive. Taken together, these results indicate that the third eyelid may represent a target for natural MVV infection and may play a role in disease transmission.
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- M T Capucchio
- Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università di Torino, Via Leonardo Da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco, Turin, Italy
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Capucchio MT, Lotti D, Cornaglia E, Valenza F, Schiffer D. Histological and immunohistochemical study of a neuroblastoma in a dog. Clin Neuropathol 2003; 22:176-9. [PMID: 12908753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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A 13-year-old, male German Shepherd dog was euthanasized for a frontal temporal mass revealed by the MRI. The histological examination showed a proliferation composed of small round undifferentiated cells arranged in sheets or nests and sometimes in pseudorosettes interrupted by hypocellular zones of fibrovascular stroma. Immunohistochemical studies revealed the expression of neuroblastic epitopes. The presented neoplasm has many histological and immunohistochemical features in common with the group of olfactory neuroblastomas reported in man, so it could be classified as primitive neuroectodermal tumor with neuronal differentiation.
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- M T Capucchio
- Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy.
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- M T Capucchio
- Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Leonardo Da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco (Torino), Italia, Centro di Referenza Bruno Maria Zaini
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Pratelli A, Martella V, Elia G, Tempesta M, Guarda F, Capucchio MT, Carmichael LE, Buonavoglia C. Severe enteric disease in an animal shelter associated with dual infections by canine adenovirus type 1 and canine coronavirus. J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health 2001; 48:385-92. [PMID: 11471849 PMCID: PMC7165820 DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.2001.00466.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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An outbreak of dual infection in dogs with canine adenovirus type 1 (CAV-1) and canine coronavirus (CCV) infection is reported in an animal shelter that comprised approximately 200 adults stray dogs and 30 puppies. Twenty puppies died 7-8 days after the onset of the clinical signs (severe enteritis, leucopoenia, respiratory distress and dehydration). Both CAV-1 and CCV were isolated from tissue or swab samples. Antibodies to CCV and, at high levels, to CAV-1 also were detected in several puppies. The principal histological findings were atrophy of small intestinal villi, lymphoid depletion, hepatitis and bronchopneumonia. The persistence of CCV in the faeces, observed by the polymerase chain reaction assay, was longer than previously reported. Results demonstrated the serious consequences which may occur with dual infections by CAV-1 and CCV in assembled groups of dogs that are housed in poorly managed kennels with inadequate vaccination programmes.
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- A Pratelli
- Department of Health and Animal Well-being, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Valenzano (Bari), Italy.
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Capucchio MT, Guarda F, Pozzato N, Coppolino S, Caracappa S, Di Marco V. Clinical signs and diagnosis of scrapie in Italy: a comparative study in sheep and goats. J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med 2001; 48:23-31. [PMID: 11515309 DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.2001.00312.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This article reports the clinical signs of scrapie occurring in sheep-goat flocks in Italy. The research, carried out on over 500 goats and 550 sheep, yielded an interesting clinical picture, especially of goat scrapie. The affected animals, aged between 2 and 8 years, showed neurological signs that could be classified into three categories: changes in mental status, abnormalities of movement and changes in sensation. Some general clinical signs were also observed. The clinical suspicion was confirmed by histopathological and biochemical investigations.
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- M T Capucchio
- Centro di Patologia Comparata Bruno Maria Zaini del Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
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A 5-year-old, male Yorkshire Terrier had chronic and progressive neurologic signs compatible with lesions in the right brain stem and right forebrain. In magnetic resonance images of the brain there were multifocal lesions at different stages of evolution, consistent with an inflammatory disease. The lesions were located in the white matter of the cerebrum, in the diencephalon and mesencephalon. These lesions were hypointense in T1-weighted images and hyperintense in T2-weighted images with no mass effect and minimal enhancement with gadolinium. Necrotizing encephalitis was confirmed post mortem.
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- D Lotti
- Neurology Referral Service, Revigliasco, Torino, Italy
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- M T Capucchio
- Centro di Patologia Comparata Bruno Maria Zaini, Dipartimento di Patalogia Animale, Facoltà di Medicine Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy
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Bollo E, Guarda F, Capucchio MT, Galietti F. Direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and M. avium complex in tissue specimens from cattle through identification of specific rRNA sequences. Zentralbl Veterinarmed B 1998; 45:395-400. [PMID: 9780826 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1998.tb00808.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct test and Accuprobe M. avium Complex test, rely on recognition of specific rRNA sequences. The present investigation included sequentially a pre-evaluation study and a study on non-visible lesion tuberculin reactor cattle. As regards the first study, tests were performed on tissue samples from 14 reactors with tuberculous-like lesions and from as many lesion-free non-reactors, using culture findings as a reference. MTD and Accuprobe M. Avium Complex tests proved positive in 12 and 2 reactors respectively. Both tests proved negative in all non-reactors. Data consisted with culture findings. The aim of the second study was to verify the presence of mycobacteria in lymph node and tonsil homogenates from 32 non-visible lesion cattle. MTD and Accuprobe M. avium Complex test proved positive in 10 and 14 subjects respectively; no overlap was found. Our research demonstrates that low to minimal amounts of the main pathogenic mycobacteria can be reliably identified from cattle tissues by commercially available tests, which give simple, more rapid results than conventional techniques.
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- E Bollo
- University of Turin, Department of Animal Pathology, Italy
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De Maria R, Divari S, Bo S, Sonnio S, Lotti D, Capucchio MT, Castagnaro M. Beta-galactosidase deficiency in a Korat cat: a new form of feline GM1-gangliosidosis. Acta Neuropathol 1998; 96:307-14. [PMID: 9754965 DOI: 10.1007/s004010050899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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A 7-month-old Korat cat was referred for a slowly progressive neurological disease. Circulating monocytes and lymphocytes showed the presence of single or multiple empty vacuoles and blood leukocytes enzyme assay revealed a very low beta-galactosidase activity level (4.7 nmol/mg per h) as compared to unaffected parents and relatives. Histologically, the cat, euthanized at the owner request at 21 months of age, presented diffuse vacuolization and enlargement of neurons throughout the brain, spinal cord and peripheral ganglia, severe cerebellar neuronal cell loss, and moderate astrocytosis. Stored material was stained with periodic acid-Schiff on frozen sections and with the lectins Ricinus conmmunis agglutinin-I, concanavalin A and wheat germ agglutinin on paraffin-embedded sections. Ultrastructurally, neuronal vacuoles were filled with concentrically whorled lamellae and small membrane-bound vesicles. In the affected cat, beta-galactosidase activity was markedly reduced in brain (18.9%) and liver (33.25%), while total beta-hexosaminidase activity showed a remarkable increase. Quantitation of total gangliosides revealed a 3-fold increase in brain and 1.7-fold in liver of affected cat. High-performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) detected a striking increase of GM1-ganglioside. On densitometric analysis of HPTLC bands, the absorption of GM1-ganglioside band was 98.52% of all stained bands (GD1a, GD1b, GT1b). Based on clinical onset, morphological and histochemical features, and biochemical findings, the Korat cat GM1-gangliosidosis is comparable with the human type II (juvenile) form. However, clinical progression, survival time and level of beta-galactosidase deficiency do not completely fit with those of human type II GM1-gangliosidosis. The disease in the Korat cat is also different from other reported forms of feline GM1-gangliosidosis.
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- R De Maria
- Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
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