Gambaran Histopatologi Toksoplasmosis pada Kucing Peliharaan (HISTOPATHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF TOXOPLASMOSIS IN DOMESTIC CAT)

Abstract

Study of histopathological changesof domestic cat organs which were serologically positivetoxoplasmosis and laboratory infected which Toxoplasmahave been undertaken. Histological section isprepared from organs including brain, liver, lung, kidney, duodenum, jejunum, ileum and spleenthen stainedusing hematoxylin and eosin (HE) and observed under microscope for histopathological changes. Theresults showed that in the serologically positive animals cell proliferation, infiltration of leucocyte andmacrophage cells were observedin the ileum, whilst infiltration of eosinophil and leucocyte was seen in thekidney and liver.However, in other organ such as duodenum, jejunum, and spleen there were no changesobserved. In cat experimentally infected with Toxoplasma, the infiltration of eosinophil cells were observedin the ileum and lung, while other organs such as kidney, liver, brain, jejunum, duodenum, and spleenshowed no infiltration of inflammation cells. In conclusion, based on the resultsseropositive cat, showedproliferation of epithelial cells, leucocyte cells, and macrophage cells in theileum, while in the lung, kidneyand liver showed infiltration of eosinophil and leucocyte. No infiltration of inflammation cells were observedin the brain, jejunum, duodenum, and spleen