Indian Journal of Veterinary Pathology

  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue: 1

Pathomorphology of bovine visceral linguatuliasis (Linguatula serrata)

  • Author:
  • M.S. Mir4,, M.M. Darzi4, A.Q. Mir4,1, H.U. Malik4,2, M. Mustafa4,3
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Published Online: Jun 1, 2012
  • Page Number: 10 to 14

1Teaching Veterinary Clinical Services Complex, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar-190 006, Kashmir (J&K)

2Division of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar-190 006, Kashmir (J&K)

3University Science Instrumentation Centre, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar-190 006, Kashmir (J&K)

4Division of Veterinary Pathology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar-190 006, Kashmir (J&K)

*Corresponding author: email: masoodmir1@gmail.com; Telefax: +91 194 2262536

Abstract

Two cases of visceral linguatuliasis diagnosed at post-mortem examination were subjected to a thorough examination including gross, histopathological and parasitological examination besides evaluating the clinical and clinicopathological observations. The parasites recovered from Case-II were dead while that from Case-I were live and vigorously wriggled into the parenchyma of the nodes. The morphometric and morphological characters of the nymph have been described using light microscopic, steromicroscopic and scanning electron microscopic examinations Mesenteric lymphnodes were most severely affected histopathologically revealing a moth eaten appearance, and larvae and nymph in the oedematous cystic spaces surrounded by zones of lymphoid hyperplasia characterized by presence of lymphoblasts.

Keywords

Cattle, Linguatula serrata, Nymph, Pathology, Scanning electron microscopy