The overwhelming majority of cows with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC or "cancer eye") can have the neoplastic tissue removed so that the eye does not have to be removed. Early detection of SCC is the key to only having to excise the neoplastic tissue while saving the eye. A lesion of approximately 1 ...

In cattle, squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) are the most frequent malignant tumors. Where the animals most affected are those that have depigmentation in the mucocutaneous region. This study aimed to report the clinical case of suspected third eyelid squamous cell carcinoma in a Holstein cow....

A well-differentiated invasive ocular squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) localized in the conjunctiva and medial peribulbar region, including the third eyelid, was diagnosed in the left eye of a 5-year-old Holstein cow causing ocular pain. Marginal resection of the neoplastic mass was performed with...

Squamous ocular cell ocular carcinoma (SOCC) is one of the most common and important ocular neoplasms of frequent occurrence in cattle. The objective of the work was to evaluate the surgical treatment in stages 1, 2, 3 and 4. Four presentations of the SOCC were evidenced; in the sclerocórneal limb, ...

Clinico-pathological characteristics and the surgical management of 22 Holstein Friesian dairy cattle with BOSCC were studied. The affected animals were in the age group of three to seven years and the most common site was the third eyelid followed by the whole of the ocular region....

A 7 year old cow was presented to the College of Veterinary Science clinic (Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati, India), with the history of growth appeared on the third eyelid of the left eye. The mass was surgically excised, and subjected to histopathological examination....

A 1.6-year-old female Shih Tzu in Korea Republic was presented with corneal perforation, descemetocoele and deep corneal ulcer in the left eye. A bovine amniotic membrane graft which was preserved in lyophylized dry form and a third eyelid flap were applied. After 14 days, the cornea was...

A unilaterally cryptorchid Bunaji work bull weighing 200 kg was presented at the Ahmadu Bello University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Zaria, with a history of shivering following a day's routine work and later weakness, anorexia and recumbency over a 3-day period. Examinations over a 24-h period...

Ocular dermoids were recorded in 6 animals (4 Friesian calves, 1 native cow and 1 donkey). In 2 cases the dermoid masses were recorded unilaterally and confined to the conjunctiva alone. The 4 Friesian calves had bilateral dermoids involving different parts of the anterior segment surface of the...

Cancer of the eye was first diagnosed in cows purchased at a market. The farm from which these cows came was traced, and further cases occurred later on this and a neighbouring farm. In the 24 cases observed, only one eye was affected; neither bulls nor bullocks were affected. The neoplasms were...