PATHOLOGY OF THE CONJUNCTIVA IN CATTLE AND BUFFALOS

The eyes of apparently healthy cattle and buffaloes sacrificed for hum an consumption as well as those necropsied at the necropsy theatre of the Pathology Division at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Iz atnagar (650 cattle and 1842 buffaloes) were screened. The conjunctive of 56 cattle and 166 buffaloes were subjected to histopathological ex amination. Among these 43 cattle and 173 buffaloes revealed abnormalit ies in the conjunctiva. The lesions encountered were congestion, hemor rhage, acute conjunctivitis, subacute conjunctivitis, chronic conjunct ivitis, pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia, dacryoadenitis and prolapse of the lacrimal gland.