Prevalence and pathological evaluation of hepatic fatty change in cattle slaughtered at Urmia Abattoir, Northwest Iran | ||
Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences | ||
Article 8, Volume 33, Issue 1, April 2019, Pages 45-50 PDF (1.7 M) | ||
Document Type: Research Paper | ||
DOI: 10.33899/ijvs.2019.125518.1040 | ||
Authors | ||
Amir Amniattalab* 1; Behzad Ghalandarzadeh2 | ||
1Department of Pathology, Veterinary Faculty, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran. | ||
2Veterinary Faculty, Urmia branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran. | ||
Abstract | ||
Three hundred and sixteen bovine livers were inspected during slaughtering at Urmia Abattoir in May 2016. Eighty-nine inspected livers have various gross and microscopic lesions. 89 hepatic tissue samples were processed routinely and stained by Harris Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E), Periodic Acid- Schiff reagent (PAS) and Sudan IV for frozen sections. Hepatic lesions were observed in 89 samples (28.16%) of 316 liver samples. lesions in the inspected cattle were consisted 33/316 (10.44%) fatty change, 40/316 (12.65%) fascioliasis, 8/316 (2.53%) hydatid cyst, 6/316 (1.89%) focal coagulative necrosis and 2/316 (0.63%) hemorrhage. The results show that abundance of hepatic fatty change in male cattle is more than females. Indeed, abundance of mild type of hepatic fatty change 15/33 (45.45%) is more than moderate type 11/33 (33.33%) and severe type 7/33 (21.21%). According to presence of hepatic fatty change in most livers affected by fascioliasis, it seems fascioliasis may be a cause of hepatic fatty change in cattle slaughtered at Urmia Abattoir. | ||
Keywords | ||
Cattle liver; Fatty change; Pathology; Urmia abattoir | ||
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