A Rare Case Report of Actinomycotic Scrotal Granuloma in Cattle Das T.1,*, Das N.K.2, Mohapatra S.3, Pathak Mamata1, Chavan A.S.1, Sahoo M.1, Rani H.B. Vidya1, Kumar G. Sai1 1Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP 2BVO, FARD, Government of Odisha 3AMUL Dairy, West Bengal, India *Address for Correspondence, Dr Tareni Das, Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122, Uttar Pradesh, India, E-mail: tarenisahoo@gmail.com
Online Published on 17 November, 2022. Abstract An eight-year-old indigenous bullock having body weight of 260 kg was presented to the veterinary dispensary, Sarankul, Nayagarh, Odisha, India. The animal was having a partially lacerated tumor like irregular swelling of the scrotum for 7 months and managed surgically. On cut section, dense fibrous tissue with multiple foci of suppuration was observed. Microscopically relatively large and irregular rosettes were found in h and e-stained tissue sections, whereas bluish gram-positive branching filamentous organisms were observed in yellowish surrounding tissue in Brown and Brenn modified Gram staining. The present report describes the clinical, pathological and surgical management of scrotal actinomycosis in an indigenous bullock. Top Keywords Actinomycosis, Brown and brenn stain, Bullock, Pathology, Scrotum. Top |