ROLE OF LYMPHOCYTES KILLER ACTIVITY IN CATTLES STREPTOCOCCAL UVEITIS DEVELOPMENT
Abstract
Ophthalmologic pathology of cattle is one of the most common
and complex unsolved problems of modern veterinary surgery. Uveitis is a very
dangerous and severe lesion of the choroid of the eye (tractus uveus), as it is often
complicated by cataracts or glaucoma, which inevitably result in blindness.
The article highlights the results of a study of the killer activity of cattle
lymphocytes, a patient with streptococcal uveitis. According to modern ideas, in the
pathogenesis of uveitis, a significant role is played by immune disorders, including
those caused by K-cells (killers). At the same time, the state of the effector link of
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remains poorly known, which was the goal of our study.
During this study, a clinical, hematological, microbiological and
pathoanatomical examination of 75 young cattle at the age of 9-15 months, a
patient with fibrinous uveitis, was carried out. It was determined that an
increase in the content of K-cells in the blood during the first two stages of
affection of the patient with fibrinous uveitis of streptococcal etiology in young
cattle can be considered as an antimicrobial protection, while an increase in
the content of killers in the third stage of the disease is due to effector activity,
with resorbtion of the lens.
Keywords: streptococcal uveitis, eye, cattle, killer activity,
lymphocytes, K cells, tractus uveus, hemato-ophthalmic barrier
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