Enfermidades Cutâneas Digitais Bovina: Aspectos Genéticos E Terapêuticos / Digital dermatitis disease bovine: genetic and therapeutic aspects

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

18/03/2011

RESUMO

This study has aimed do evaluate a risk factor for bovine digital dermatitis and the efficacy of 5% aqueous barbatimão extract solution as ancillary in interdigital skin incisional wound repair. One hundred bovine females, 50 Holstein and 50 Girolando, from two different farms were used for the risk factor study. Experimental units were divided into four groups: healthy Holstein cattle group (GHS) and digital dermatitis Holstein cattle group (GHL), healthy Girolando cattle group (GGS) and digital dermatitis Girolando cattle group (GGL). Ten milliliters of blood were collected from all animals and stored in anticoagulant added tubes. Samples were refrigerated and submitted to hemolytic tests for eight bovine blood systems: A, B, C, F, J, L, S and Z. The frequency of blood factors was determined and compared, in each system and each group. Data were analyzed through non parametric tests: Chi Square and Fishers exact. The results indicated that the blood factors may contribute to the occurrence of digital dermatitis lesions, but further studies are needed for a more accurate conclusion. Thirty confined, 10 months old calves were selected in order to evaluate the efficacy of 5% barbatimão solution. A biopsy punch was introduced in each interdigital space, up to the dermis, to produce a lesion measuring one centimeter in diameter. The lesions were numbered 120 in total and named experimental units, which were divided into two groups of 60 units each: GB treated with 5% aqueous barbatimão bark extract solution and GC treated with water. Tissue repair was evaluated through macroscopic and histological findings in days three, seven, 14 and 21 of treatment. Macroscopic findings were analyzed descriptively, while histological findings were submitted to Mann Whitney test, with p<0.05. For lesions treated, GB group showed less intense polymorphonuclear cells infiltration on the first 14 days of treatment. A marked collagen deposition was also observed at day 14 while collagen alignment was more expressive on day 21. More specific studies may be necessary in order to determine if blood factors can contribute to the occurrence of digital dermatitis. Barbatiman 5% footbath solution for confined cattle helps qualitatively in modulation of interdigital cutaneous incisional wound repair, but does not avoid the extension of inflammatory phase of healing.

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barbatimão bovinos dermatite digital fator sanguíneo pedilúvio terapêutica patologia clinica animal barbatimão bovine digital dermatitis blood factor footbath therapeutics

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