Experimental mycotoxic nephropathy in pigs provoked by a mouldy diet containing ochratoxin A and fumonisin B1. 2012

Stoycho D Stoev, and Dimitrina Gundasheva, and Ivan Zarkov, and Teodora Mircheva, and Dimitrina Zapryanova, and Stefan Denev, and Yuri Mitev, and Hristo Daskalov, and Mike Dutton, and Mulunda Mwanza, and Yves-Jacques Schneider
Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Trakia University, Students Campus, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. stoev@uni-sz.bg

Mycotoxic nephropathy was induced in eighteen young pigs by mouldy diets containing 0.5 ppm ochratoxin A (OTA) and/or 10 ppm fumonisin B1 (FB1) for three months. While the most obvious damages provoked by OTA were seen in the kidneys as expressed by the strong degenerative changes in proximal tubules and fibrosis in kidneys, FB1 was found to induce an increase in permeability of vessels mainly in lung, brain, cerebellum or kidneys and slight to moderate degenerative changes in kidneys. Pathomorphological damages in pigs exposed to both mycotoxins simultaneously present a combination of the main lesions provoked by each mycotoxin alone being stronger in their expression. Biochemical investigations as expressed by the increase of serum creatinine, urea and enzyme activity of ASAT/ALAT and by the decrease of serum cholesterol, total protein, albumin and glucose were strongest in pigs exposed to both mycotoxins simultaneously as can be anticipated form the strongest lesions in the kidneys. Both mycotoxins and their combination were found to disturb powerfully humoral immune response in all experimental pigs as expressed by the strong decrease in antibody titer against Morbus Aujesky at days 21 and 35 after vaccination. Having in mind that the feed levels of the both mycotoxins as well as the exposure time and the pathological findings corresponded to those in some spontaneous cases of porcine nephropathy in Bulgaria and South Africa, it can be concluded that the same mycotoxins are involved in the observed field cases of that nephropathy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007413 Intestinal Mucosa Lining of the INTESTINES, consisting of an inner EPITHELIUM, a middle LAMINA PROPRIA, and an outer MUSCULARIS MUCOSAE. In the SMALL INTESTINE, the mucosa is characterized by a series of folds and abundance of absorptive cells (ENTEROCYTES) with MICROVILLI. Intestinal Epithelium,Intestinal Glands,Epithelium, Intestinal,Gland, Intestinal,Glands, Intestinal,Intestinal Gland,Mucosa, Intestinal
D007674 Kidney Diseases Pathological processes of the KIDNEY or its component tissues. Disease, Kidney,Diseases, Kidney,Kidney Disease
D007687 Kidney Tubules, Proximal The renal tubule portion that extends from the BOWMAN CAPSULE in the KIDNEY CORTEX into the KIDNEY MEDULLA. The proximal tubule consists of a convoluted proximal segment in the cortex, and a distal straight segment descending into the medulla where it forms the U-shaped LOOP OF HENLE. Proximal Kidney Tubule,Proximal Renal Tubule,Kidney Tubule, Proximal,Proximal Kidney Tubules,Proximal Renal Tubules,Renal Tubule, Proximal,Renal Tubules, Proximal,Tubule, Proximal Kidney,Tubule, Proximal Renal,Tubules, Proximal Kidney,Tubules, Proximal Renal
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008168 Lung Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood. Lungs
D008198 Lymph Nodes They are oval or bean shaped bodies (1 - 30 mm in diameter) located along the lymphatic system. Lymph Node,Node, Lymph,Nodes, Lymph
D008297 Male Males
D009793 Ochratoxins Isocoumarins found in ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS and other FUNGI. Ochratoxin contaminated FOOD has been responsible for cases of FOODBORNE DISEASES. Ochratoxin
D002196 Capillaries The minute vessels that connect arterioles and venules. Capillary Beds,Sinusoidal Beds,Sinusoids,Bed, Sinusoidal,Beds, Sinusoidal,Capillary,Capillary Bed,Sinusoid,Sinusoidal Bed
D004195 Disease Models, Animal Naturally-occurring or experimentally-induced animal diseases with pathological processes analogous to human diseases. Animal Disease Model,Animal Disease Models,Disease Model, Animal

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