MEDICOSURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF SUB-CUTANEOUS FIBRO PAPILLOMA IN A MALE BUFFALO CALF

Abstract

Bovine Papilloma Virus (BPV) has been found to induce both fibroblastic as well as epithelial cell response for the development of cutaneous and or sub-cutaneous fibropapillomatosis both in cattle and buffaloes. Although cutaneous papillomatosis is very common in bovines, subcutaneous fibropapillomatosis is virtually very uncommon in buffaloes. Present communication reports a very rare incidence of subcutaneous fibropapillomatosis in a young male buffalo and its successful medico-surgical management.