Occurrence of neoplastic diseases in small ruminants in india: An overview

Spontaneously or naturally occurring tumours in domestic animals are frequently observed but reports from the small ruminants are very few, mainly on account of slaughtering of these animals at early age for food purpose. Diagnosis and further classification of tumours mostly based on histopathological findings and accuracy in diagnosis and prognosis have been increased by the use of techniques i.e. radiology, biochemical and serological tests, molecular markers etc. The purpose of this paper is to review the occurrence of different types of tumours reported from sheep and goat in India with their morphological and histological features.