Evaluation of prevalence, diagnostic, and surgical treatment of cancerous lesions of the ocular region in Hereford and Polled hereford cattle

Authors

  • José Garibaldi Leite Viana
  • Sérgio Amaro Guimarães Fialho "Universidade Federal de Santa Maria.
  • Murilo Nogueira dos Santos
  • Cláudio Severo Lombardo de Barros
  • Alceu Gaspar Raiser "Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Centro de Ciências Rurais, Departamento de Clínica de Pequenos Animais.
  • Diógenes Odilon Santos da Silva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1992.v27.3783

Keywords:

ocular neoplasms, squamous cell carcinoma, diseases of cattle

Abstract

Twenty-nine ocular and palpebral tumoral growths were observed in a 30-month-period of clinical observation carried out in 1,700 Hereford and Polled Hereford cattle. Twenty three affected animals were submitted to surgery; of those 21 had squamous cell carcinomas and two had chronic inflammatory lesions. Surgical treatment consisted of tumor excision either with or without extirpation of the globe. Reincidences were observed in 9.5% of the cases within a 6-month-period of postsurgical observation. Six animals with tumoral growths were not treated. The prevalence of clinically diagnosed ocular carcinomas in a slaughterhouse located within the area of the study was 0.16%.

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Published

1992-10-01

How to Cite

Viana, J. G. L., Fialho, S. A. G., dos Santos, M. N., de Barros, C. S. L., Raiser, A. G., & da Silva, D. O. S. (1992). Evaluation of prevalence, diagnostic, and surgical treatment of cancerous lesions of the ocular region in Hereford and Polled hereford cattle. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 27(10), 1397–1404. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1992.v27.3783

Issue

v.27, n.10, out. 1992

Section

VETERINARY SCIENCE