BRANCHIAL CYSTS IN BUFFALO CALVES

Three buffalo calves presented to the veterinary clinic at Assiut Univ ersity with soft, fluctuant, painless swellings at the upper part of t he neck. Exploratory puncture of the cysts revealed the presence of a milky liquid. Surgical excision was the radical treatment. Histopathol ogical examination revealed that all cysts were lined by stratified sq uamous epithelium. At 6-month postsurgical follow-up, no recurrences o f these branchial cysts were found in any of the three animals.