FURTHER STUDIES ON THE BUFFALOE TEAT PART II- ACQUIRED AFFECTIONS

Document Type : Research article

Authors

Dept. of Pathology, Faculty of Vet. Med., Cairo University

Abstract

The macroscopical, radiological and histopathological exmaination of 3534 teats, collected from the slaughterhouse, revealed the presence of acquired affections in 15.2% of them. The main acquired troubles metwith in this study were thelitis (40%) and cisternitis (48%), in which the proliferative inflammation with epithelial meta plasia of the teat mucosa was main p < /strong>athological finding.