Pathology and phylogenetic analysis of Schistosoma nasale infection in cattle in Nagpur area Raut M.M.1,2, Kaore Megha2,*, Chavan C.A.2, Kolte S.W.1,2, Kurkure N.V.2 2Department of Pathology, Nagpur Veterinary College, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur-440001, India 1Department of Parasitology, Nagpur Veterinary College, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur-440001, India *Address for Correspondence Dr. Megha Kaore, Department of Pathology, Nagpur Veterinary College, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur-440001, India, e-mail: meghakaore7@gmail.com
Abstract A total of 20 nasal septa of cattle were collected from slaughter house of Nagpur city, Maharashtra. Grossly, multiple gran-ulomatous nodules of varying size were present on nasal septa. Microscopically, sections of nasal growths revealed presence of Schistosoma nasale ova in submucosa and muscularis layer of the nasal passage surrounded by infiltration of macrophages and few lymphocytes. The primers were designed to amplify mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase (cox-1) gene of Schistosoma nasale (S. nasale) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The primer amplified a fragment of 279 bp of mitochondrial gene, cox-1. The phy-logenetic analysis of cox-1 gene of mitochondrial genome revealed that the Indian S. nasale closely related with the Sri Lankan and Nepalean S. nasale. How to cite this article: Raut, M.M., Kaore, M., Chavan, C.A., Kolte, S.W., Kurkure, N.V. Pathology and phylogenetic analysis of Schistosoma nasale infection in cattle in Nagpur area. (2019). Indian J. Vet. Pathol., 43(3): 217–220. Top Keywords Cattle, Cytochrome oxidase 1 gene, Granulomatous nodules, Schistosoma nasale. Top |