Experimental study of induced inflammation in the Brazilian Boa (Boa constrictor constrictor)

Citation
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
Journal title
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY
ISSN journal
00219975 → ACNP
Volume
125
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
174 - 181
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9975(200108/10)125:2-3<174:ESOIII>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
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.