Surgical management of right horn squamous cell carcinoma-A report of two white coat cattle Shah Mudasir Ahmad1,*, War Zahoor Ahmad2, Dar Javeed Ahmad2 Division of Veterinary Surgery, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122 (Uttar Pradesh) 1Ph. D. Scholar Division of Veterinary Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122 (Uttar Pradesh) 2Ph. D. Scholar, Division of Veterinary Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122 (Uttar Pradesh) *Corresponding author. E-mail: syedmudasirshah907@gmail.com
Online published on 5 November, 2018. Abstract Two adult cows were presented with complaint of growing hard mass showing irritation with few bleeding spots at the right horn since last two months. Tentatively the animals were diagnosed with horn cancer, which was later confirmed as squamous cell carcinoma by histopathological examination. Radical excision after sedation and cornual nerve block was under taken. Post-operatively, animal was kept on Enrofloxacin and Meloxicam for five days with daily antiseptic dressing with no complications or regrowth. Top Keywords Cancer, epithelial pearl, horn, squamous cell carcinoma. Top |