Abstract

CARDONA, J. A; VARGAS-VILORIA, M  and  PERDOMO, S. CLINIC AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF GRANULOMATOUS FUNGAL RHINITIS IN SHEEP OF CORDOBA, COLOMBIA. Rev. Med. Vet. Zoot. [online]. 2012, vol.59, n.3, pp.151-158. ISSN 0120-2952.

The objective of this study was to describe clinic and histopathological granulomatous fungal rhinitis caused by Conidiobolusspp. in sheep of the department of Cordoba, Colombia. Seven native sheep were analyzed, females, aged between 2 and 4 years, who were diagnosed clinically with conidiobolomycosis and correlated with histopathological aspects. In describing cases similar clinical manifestations were observed in all animals, difficulty breathing due to partial obstruction of the nostrils, exercise intolerance, noisy breathing, bloody purulent bilateral, similarly showed increased volume of nasal cavity. At necropsy, the heads were sectioned longitudinally on the midline and observed masses of irregular yellowing targeted areas dark brown, friable and blood clots in the nasal region and shells rhinofacial. In the HE stain, the mucosa of the nasal cavity showed multifocal necrosis pyogranulomatous containing hyphae like structures slightly colored and surrounded by infiltration of neutrophils, macrophages and giant cells, and fibrous connective tissue arranged in parallel around the area of necrosis and surrounded by Splendore-Hoeppli material. In the Grocott stain, irregular, filamentous and rarely septate hyphae were observed, suggesting the morphology of the hyphae in the tissue, which is characteristic of conidiobolomycosis. The diagnosis was based on the clinic and histopathological findings, the first report of the disease in sheep of department of Córdoba and Colombia.

Keywords : Conidiobolus spp.; conidiobolomycosis; Ovis aries.

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