Surgical Management of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Horn in a Cow Behera Sidhartha Sankar1, Nayak Sadananda*, Behera Monalisa2 Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar-751003, Odisha 1Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathology 2Ph. D. Scholar, Department of Veterinary Pathology *Professor/Head and Corresponding author: E-mail: drsnayak.ovc@gmail.com
Online published on 26 July, 2017. Abstract A crossbred Jersey cow was presented with history of severe bleeding from right nostril, head shaking, rubbing against hard object, keeping its head down and gradual bending of horn. Physical examination revealed pain on palpation at the base of right horn. Based on history and clinical examination, the case was diagnosed as horn cancer and surgical correction was decided. Under sedation and cornual nerve block, horn amputation was undertaken by flap method. Tissue sample histopathology revealed squamous cell carcinoma. Post-operatively, the animal was given administered antibiotics and analgesic daily for seven days. Sutures were removed on 14th post-operative day and healing was uneventful. Top Keywords Horn cancer, management, squamous cell carcinoma, surgical. Top |