2014, Cilt 30, Sayı 1, Sayfa(lar) 039-043 |
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Natural ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma in an Egyptian sheep farm |
Khaled Radad, Sary Khalil |
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt |
Keywords: Adenocarcinoma, histopathology, lungs, sheep |
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Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma is a naturally occurring
retrovirus-induced contagious lung neoplasm in sheep. The
current report aims to describe clinical and histopathological
characteristics of the disease in an Egyptian sheep farm.
In which, 4 dead and 5 sick young sheep were subjected to
clinical, gross and histopathological examinations. For histopathological
examination, tissue specimens were taken
from lungs, mediastinal lymph nodes, liver, heart, kidneys
and brain, fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin and processed
for light microscopy. Examined animals showed release
of copious amount of mucoid fluid from their nostrils
and marked loss of body weight. At necropsy, there were
many solid grayish nodules exuding frothy fluid in the lungs
and accumulation of mucoid fluid in the pleural cavity. Histopathological
examination revealed presence of many nonencapsulated
neoplastic foci originating from the alveolar
epithelial lining. Neoplastic foci consisted of cuboidal and
columnar cells that arranged in papillary and acinar forms.
Proliferating cells appeared supported by loose connective
tissue containing some fibroblasts and small blood vessels.
Prominently, there was large number of swollen and ruffled
macrophages in alveolar spaces adjacent to neoplastic foci.
In conclusions, release of copious amount of mucoid fluid
from nostrils and transformation of alveolar epithelial lining
into cuboidal and columnar cells are pathognomonic for
ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma.
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