ANATOMOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY IN CONDEMNED TISSUES UNDER SUSPICIOUS OF TUBERCULOSIS BY THE BRAZILIAN FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

Authors

  • Ricardo Evandro Mendes Instituto Federal Catarinense (IFC), Concórdia, Santa Catarina, Brasil
  • Aline Félix Schneider Centro Universitário Barriga Verde, Orleans, Sanat Catarina, Brasil
  • Dennys Eduardo Werlich Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)
  • Neuber José Lucca Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Catarinense, Concórdia, Santa Catarina, Brasil
  • Marina Paula Lorenzett Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Catarinense, Concórdia, Santa Catarina, Brasil
  • Célso Pilati Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v14i4.8581

Keywords:

Animal sanity

Abstract

The methodology used during the Animal Standard Meat Inspection (SIS) has been controversial in the decision to condemn or approve materials for human consumption. The aim of this study was to identify the microscopic lesions found in lymph node tissues condemned for tuberculosis by the Brazilian SIS. Sixty-one condemned lymph nodes were collected, fixed in buffered formalin 10% and submitted to histological processing. By evaluating the condemned tissues with H&E stain, 55 tuberculoid granuloma were found, as well as three actinomycosis granuloma, 2 presenting lymphoid hyperplasia and 1 crystal deposition. The misdiagnosis rate in the samples condemned due to tuberculosis was satisfactory, however it can be improved.

KEYWORDS: cattle; meat inspection; Mycobacterium bovis; tuberculosis.

 

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Published

2013-12-17

How to Cite

MENDES, Ricardo Evandro; SCHNEIDER, Aline Félix; WERLICH, Dennys Eduardo; LUCCA, Neuber José; LORENZETT, Marina Paula; PILATI, Célso. ANATOMOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY IN CONDEMNED TISSUES UNDER SUSPICIOUS OF TUBERCULOSIS BY THE BRAZILIAN FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 14, n. 4, p. 448–453, 2013. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v14i4.8581. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/8581. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

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Veterinary Medicine