Heart (bovine)

Myocardial adenomatoid tumor in cattle
0We receive samples from a nodular lesion in the myocardium from a 12-month-old Friesian breed calf’s carcass. (more…)

What is your diagnosis? (96)
2At the end of the post you can vote for the right diagnosis! (more…)

Congenital lymphangiectasis in the pericardium of a calf
0A fragment of myocardium was submitted from a 12 months old, cross-breed, male calf with an irregularly circular, tortuous lesion in the pericardium. (more…)

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0At the end of the post you can vote for the right diagnosis! (more…)

Arteriosclerosis in a calf’s myocardium
0Heart of a twelve-month-old cross-breed calf presenting a focal nodular lesion of approximately 1 cm in diameter located at the subendocardial level of the left ventricle. It protrudes into the lumen of the ventricle and has a homogeneous whitish appearance and increased consistency. The sample was submitted as a suspicion of bovine Cysticercosis. (more…)

Nerve sheath tumor in the heart of a calf
0In an eleven-month-old,mixed breed calf carcass, a nodular, encapsulated, lesion of about 7 cm in diameter located in the interventricular septum of the heart was observed, protruding into the right ventricle.
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Any given day in a ruminant slaughterhouse (2/2)
0We continue with this second post dedicated to the lesions that were observed in condemned viscera from bovine carcasses.
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What is your diagnosis? (36)
0At the end of the post you can vote for the right diagnosis! (more…)

Lipomatosis cordis in veals
0One of the most common samples submitted to SESC are myocardium lesions to confirm suspected cases of bovine cysticercosis. (more…)

Valvular endocarditis in a calf
0In a male 14 months old friesian calf , a hardened lesions was observed on the atrio-ventricular valves, of yellowish-gray coloration and granulomatous appearance. In the rest of the carcass and viscera no significant alterations were observed. (more…)