Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Research Article
Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci. 3 (11): 588 - 593
 
Figure 1

Gross examination and Toluidine blue staining of infected brain tissues of buffalo A) Congestion of meningeal blood vessels with flattening gyri and narrowing sulci (arrow); B) Congestion and edema in the wall of the lateral ventricle (arrow) with bulging into the lumen. C) Bluish stained Negri body forming a cap over the nucleus with interstitial edema. (Toluidine blue, x400)

Figure 2

Detection of rabies virus antigen in the brain of infected buffalo by FAT A) Positive reaction in infected brain tissues; B) Control brain tissue of non-infected tissue

Figure 3

Histopathological examination of infected brains of buffalo by Rabies virus A) Esinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion body (Negri body) around nucleus of Purkinje cell, (HE, x400); B) Endothelial cells become round (arrow) with necrosis and desquamation, perivascular edema and hemorrhage, (HE, x100); C) Swollen endothelial lining of cerebral capillaries and perivascular edema with lymphohistiocytic infiltration in its wall (arrow), (HE, x400); D) Edema of neuropil and status spogiosus, in addition to diffuse neuronal necrosis and satellitosis (arrow) ((HE,x100)

Figure 4

Electron microscopic examination of infected brains of Buffalo by Rabies virus A) Electron dense intracytoplasmic inclusion with bullet shape viral particles (arrow) (TEM); B) Clumped chromatin of endothelial cell (arrow), with vasogenic edema (TEM); C) Chromatolysis and vacuolation of endothelial cell (arrow), with vasogenic edema (TEM).