OCULAR SURGERY

The ruminant eye may be afflicted by several diseases requiring surgic al intervention. Severe unresponsive cases of infectious bovine kerato conjunctivitis, bovine ocular squamous cell carcinoma (BOSCC), and tra uma represent the most common. The surgical techniques that have been described range from minor protective techniques to radial resections and reconstructions. The procedures to be described here are only thos e considered to be ''field'' techniques.