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[Multiple hyperplastic colon polyps in a cow]
W Breuer1, A Hafner-Marx1, A M Kupca1
1Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit (LGL), Oberschleißheim.
Introduction:
Reports on bovine colon polyps are rare. The present report demonstrates macro- and microscopically hyperplastic colon polyps of a seven-year-old German Simmental cow. Differential diagnoses (adenoma and adenocarcinoma) and aetiology are discussed. Even in cattle, intestinal polyps should be considered as a cause of intussusception.
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