Cryosurgery

Authors

  • Harold E. Farris

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19787842

Keywords:

cryosurgery, bovine ocular squamous-cell carcinoma, interdigital fibromas, papillomatosis, fibromas, treatment protocol

Abstract

Cryosurgery is the medical application of cold to destroy tissue. Since the first veterinary reports on cryosurgery in 1970 (1), cryosurgery has become a widely accepted modality for the treatment of skin cancer in animals (2,3,4). In food animal practice cryosurgery is widely used to treat bovine ocular squamous-cell carcinoma. A preliminary report on the cryosurgical treatment of interdigital fibromas, papillomatosis and fibromas of glans penis is presented. A treatment protocol that has resulted in a cure rate of more than 90% of bovine ocular squamouscell carcinomas and the cryosurgical instrumentation required in veterinary practice are discussed in detail.

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Published

1978-12-11

Issue

1978

Section

Dairy Section