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Veterinary Pathology, Vol 23, Issue 1 29-34, Copyright © 1986 by American College of Veterinary Pathologists

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Ileal Peyer's patches in experimental infections of calves with rotaviruses and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: a light and electron microscopic and enzyme histochemical study

A. Pospischil, M. T. Stiglmair-Herb, R. G. Hess, P. A. Bachmann and G. Baljer

The effect of rotaviruses and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli administered in various sequences to cesarean-derived, colostrum-deprived calves was studied using light and electron microscopy. The structure of the lymphoid tissue in the ileum, the number of mitoses in the crypts, number of intraepithelial lymphocytes, and enzyme histochemistry (alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, succinic dehydrogenase, beta-galactosidase, and leucinaminopeptidase) of the ileal dome epithelium were evaluated. The area of lymphoid follicles in Peyer's patches of the ileum was investigated morphometrically. Monoinfections with either rotavirus or enterotoxigenic E. coli induced a significant increase in lymphoid follicle area, but did not affect dome epithelial cells. Dual infections did not consistently affect the follicle area, but the number of intraepithelial lymphocytes and the mitotic indices exceeded those of comparable monoinfections. Changes in activity of enzymes in the ileal dome epithelial area were minor.




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