M. Tucunduva et al., Experimental study of induced inflammation in the Brazilian Boa (Boa constrictor constrictor), J COMP PATH, 125(2-3), 2001, pp. 174-181
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
The objective of this work was to identify the cellular types present in in
flammatory processes in the Brazilian snake, Boa constrictor constrictor. B
lood smears were first made from three normal snakes and stained by several
methods to identify the cell types present, thus facilitating the identifi
cation of cells in inflammatory processes induced in 16 further snakes by t
he subcutaneous implantation of cotton suture threads and circular coversli
ps. Implanted threads induced migration of heterophils and monocytes after
4 h, more intense monocyte migration after 24 h, an intense granulocytic mi
gration inside and around the thread after 48 h, heterophilic granulocytes,
macrophages and giant cells after 7 clays, and giant cells with a typical
granuloma response and persistence of heterophilic cells after 15, 69 and 1
17 clays. The cell population attached to the implanted coverslips after 4
h was composed of heterophils, thrombocytes, erythrocytes and macrophages;
after 24 and 48 h heterophils predominated, and after 7 clays heterophils,
macrophages and giant cells predominated. (C) 2001 Harcourt Publishers Ltd.