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Haemato-Biochemical and Histopathological Effects of Fungicide Pyraclostrobin on Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica)

Haemato-Biochemical and Histopathological Effects of Fungicide Pyraclostrobin on Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica)

Nabeel Ahmad1, Fuan Qiu2, Iqra Shahid1, Abdul Ghaffar1,*, Yasir Mahmood1, Khalid Mehmood3,*, Habiba Jamil1, Fozia Afzal1, Maryam Mahmood1, Batha Tafuzal1, Mohamed Farouk Elsadek4, Muhammad Usman Saleem5, Sajid Hameed3, and Naeem Akram Malik6 

1Department of Zoology, Faculty of Chemical and Biological Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur-63000, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
2Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health in Fujian Province & Fujian Key Laboratory of Chinese Traditional and Western Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China
3Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur-63000, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
4Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
5Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Bosan Road, Multan, Pakistan
6Institute of Continuing Education & Extension, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
 
Nabeel Ahmad, Fuan Qiu and Iqra Shahid made equal contribution.
 
*      Corresponding author: [email protected], [email protected]

Fig. 1.

Chemical structure of pyraclostrobin.

Fig. 2.

Effects of pyraclostrobin on histological structure of liver of Japanese quail. A, Showing normal histological structures of liver. B, Pyknosis (arrows) and disorganization of hepatocytes (arrow heads). C, Inflammatory exudate (arrow), disorganization of hepatocytes (arrow head), and oedema (asterisk). D, Inflammatory exudate (arrow), disorganization of hepatocytes, atrophy of nuclei and hypertrophy of cytoplasm of hepatocytes, oedema (asterisk); fatty changes (arrow head). Liver H and E sections (400x).

Fig. 3.

Effect of pyraclostrobin on histological structure of kidney of Japanese quail. A, Showing normal histological structures of kidney. B, Degeneration of renal tubules (arrows), and pyknosis (arrow head). C, Degeneration of renal tubules, necrosis of renal tubules (arrows). D, Degeneration and necrosis of renal tubules (arrow heads) and widening of urinary spaces (arrows). Kidney H and E sections (400x).

Fig. 4.

Effect of pyraclostrobin on histological structure of spleen of Japanese quail. A, Showing normal histological structures of spleen. B, Depletion of white pulp (*) and scattered lymphocytes (arrow head). C, Depletion of white pulp (*), and disruption of white pulp and scattered lymphocytes (box). D, Depletion and disorganization of red and white pulp, scattered splenic cells and inflammatory material (*). Spleen H and E sections (400x).

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

April

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 57, Iss. 2, pp. 501-1001

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