Division of Surgery, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly - 243122 (Uttar Pradesh)
*Corresponding Author E-mail: bharadwaj374@gmail.com
Online published on 20 September, 2013.
Two cattle (1 bullock and 1 cow) aged 6 to 8 years with trauma history to horn followed by gradual swelling and bending of left horn (cow) and foul smelling, purulent discharge from base of right horn (bullock). The animals were treated by dehorning followed by Copper sulphate cauterization and Vincristine therapy. Histological examination of cancerous tissue collected from middle region of horn core revealed typical keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma with characteristic epithelial pearls.
Bovine, horn cancer, squamous cell carcinoma
