Pathological study on some tissues of rat experimentally infected with Toxoplasma gondii

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Published
Sep 1, 2010
Pages
8-17

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study was conducted to isolate Toxoplasma gondii from aborted placentae of ewes, & follow up the histopathological changes that produced in some different organs such as liver, brain & eyes of rats which inoculated experimentally by suspension of the parasite. Histopathological changes in brain represented by presence of tachyzoites & tissue cyst at 30/45 days post infection associated with encephalomeningitiswhile in liver, the lesions characterized by presence of perivascular & periductular cuffing of tachyzoites associated with pyknotic nuclei of hepatocytes. Moreover, in the eye tachyzoites & tissue cyst has been seen invaded in extraocular muscles, congestion of blood vessels with lymphocytic infiltration and retinochoroiditis, also has been seen.

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E. R. Alkennay, انتصار, S. A. Hassan, and شهلة, “Pathological study on some tissues of rat experimentally infected with Toxoplasma gondii”, EDUSJ, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 8–17, Sep. 2010.