The present study evaluated the impact that orchiectomy, a routine but painful intervention in bovine husbandry, can cause on pulmonary immunity. To identify whether orchiectomy can impair lung defense, analyses of serum cortisol concentration and of alveolar macrophage and their function (phagocytosis and respiratory burst) were evaluated. Sixteen Holstein bulls (7 mo old, 250±50kg of body weight BW) were divided in two homogeneous groups -the castrated group and the sham group -and the sample were collected on Days -7, 1 and 7 relative to the day of the procedure. Serum cortisol concentration statistically increased on Days 1 and 7 (D-7: 4,97±1,28ng/ml; D1: 6,35 ±1,10ng/ml; D7: 8,28±1,94ng/ml) after castration and these variables seem to impact the alveolar macrophage percentage on D1 (D-7: 76,86±3,44%; D1: 60,92±2,44%; D7: 74,17±2,56%) and their respective function of phagocytosis (P) and the oxidative burst (OB) (D-7: 4,97±1,28ng/mL; D1: 6,35 ±1,10ng/mL; D7: 8,28±1,94ng/mL). Notou-se diminuição de macrófagos alveolares no D1 (D-7: 76,86±3,44%; D1: 60,92±2,44%; D7: 74,17±2,56%) 25±15,63 valores arbitrários; D1: 54,75±14,07 valores arbitrários; D7: 31,77±8,44 valores arbitrários;34±39,52 valores arbitrários; D1: 135,25±37,68 valores arbitrários, D7: 117,73±18,17 valores arbitrários) e de suas funções de fagocitose (F) e metabolismo oxidativo (MO) nos dias 1 e 7 (
Pesq. Vet. Bras. 33(Supl.1):93-98, dezembro 2013 93 RESUMO.-A identificação do impacto que certas formas de estresse causam ao bem estar animal e equilíbrio orgâ-nico, representa um desafio á adoção de boas práticas de criação. Assim, a presente pesquisa verificou o impacto de um desafio doloroso rotineiro dos bovinos na imunidade pulmonar e sistêmica. Avaliou-se hemograma e cortisol, em quatro momentos, sendo M1, M6, M7 e M8 (respectivamente sete dias antes e um, três e oito dias depois do desafio doloroso) e citologia broncolaveolar, obtida por broncoscopia, nos momentos M1, M6 e M8. Houve uma redução dos valores do eritrograma no primeiro dia após o desafio, compatível com anaplasmose e agravada pela perda de sangue durante a cirurgia e um influxo de leucócitos para a região pulmonar. Oito dias após o desafio, evidenciou-se aumento de cortisol, gerando uma leucocitose por neutrofilia e monocitose no sangue com provável redução de quimiotaxia para o pulmão, tornando o trato respiratório potencialmente mais susceptível a infecções, sugerindo que esta prática de manejo, mesmo acompanhado de protocolo analgésico, pode ser considerada um fator de risco a penumonias afetando o bem estar animal. The recognition of the impact of certains forms of stress in the animal well being and organic equilibrium, represents a challenge to the adoption of good practices. Thus, this research verified the impact of a painful rotine of the cattle husbandry can cause on pulmonary and systemic immunity. Was evaluated hemogram and cortisol, in four moments, being M1, M6, M7 e M8 (respectively seven days before and one, three and eight days after the painful challenge) and bronchoalveolar cytology,obtained by bronchoscopy, in the moments of M1, M6 e M8. There was a reduction of the erythrogram values in the first day after the challenge, compatible with the anaplasmosis and aggravated by the blood loss during the surgery and an influx of leukocytes to the pulmonary region. Eight days after the challenge, became evident the cortisol increase, enerating leukocytosis by neutrophilia and monocytosis in the blood with a probable reduction of chemotaxis to the lungs, turning the respiratory tract potentially more susceptible to infections, suggesting that this practice, even accompanied by analgesic protocol, increases the risk of pneumonia, affecting the animal well-being.
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