Research Article, J Vet Sci Med Diagn Vol: 6 Issue: 4
Identification of Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus, Stephanurus dentatus and Trichuris suis in Native Pigs on Marajó Island
José Diomedes Barbosa1*, Jenevaldo Barbosa da Silva2, Alessandra dos Santos Belo Reis1, Henrique dos Anjos Bomjardim1, David Driemeier3, Felipe Masiero Salvarani1, Cairo Henrique Sousa de Oliveira4, Carlos Magno Chaves Oliveira1 and Marilene de Farias Brito5
1Instituto de Medicina Veterinária, Campus de Castanhal, Universidade Federal do Pará, Rodovia BR-316 km 61, 68741-740, Castanhal, PA, Brazil
2Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Avenida Vereador João Narciso 1380, 38610-000, Unaí, MG, Brazil
3Escola de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9090, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
4Setor de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Escola de Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Campus Samambaia 74690900, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
5Instituto de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural de Rio de Janeiro, Br 465, Km 7, 23890-000, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
*Corresponding Author : José Diomedes Barbosa Neto
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Received: August 23, 2017 Accepted: September 08, 2017 Published: September 12, 2017
Citation: Barbosa JD, Silva JB, Reis ASB, Bomjardim HA, Driemeier D, et al. (2017) Identification of Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus, Stephanurus dentatus and Trichuris suis in Native Pigs on Marajó Island. J Vet Sci Med Diagn 6:4. doi: 10.4172/2325-9590.1000237
Abstract
Technification of pig farming in recent decades has led to a significant reduction in the occurrence of helminth parasitism. However, the production of pigs in free-range systems is still a common reality in rural areas of Brazil, such as Marajó Island, in the State of Pará, a Brazilian Amazonian biome. Therefore, the present work describes the main parasitological and anatomopathological findings of six pigs in a sample of 23, of different age groups, raised under free-range conditions on native pastures on Marajó Island. During slaughter, the presence of Stephanurus dentatus in the ureters and renal pelvis, Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus in the small intestine and Trichuris suis in the cecum and colon was detected in these six pigs. The histopathology results showed different types of lesions, including mild granulomatous infiltrates in the lymph nodes, granulomatous inflammation and brown pigment in the tonsils, hyperkeratosis in the esophagus and nonglandular stomach, lung with dark pigment in the bronchioles and intra-alveolar macrophages, as well as squamous metaplasia of the peribronchial glands, hemosiderosis in the spleen, liver with marked extramedullary hematopoiesis, mild hepatitis and abscess caused by parasitic migration with eosinophils, intestinal edema and neuronal lipofuscinosis in the spinal cord. From these findings, it can be inferred that free-range pigs on Marajó Island are susceptible to helminths, reflecting the high degree of environmental contamination in which these animals are reared, and that such ecosystems can function as reservoirs of these agents. Helminth infections lead to losses in pig farming in the Amazon biome, showing the importance of the strategic control of these parasites.
