Vol. 12, Special Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Rahul Kumar Sharma, Gunjan, Goverdhan Singh and Ritesh Limbat

Abstract:
The present study was undertaken to investigate the pathology of abomasum of sheep affected with diarrhoea. Post-mortem was conducted in 22 sheep died with the history of diarrhoea and a total of 22 samples were taken for further histopathological examinations. Grossly, in abomasum congestion was noticed in 15 cases, in which, microscopically blood vessels were severely engorged in the submucosa and muscularis along with infiltration. On gross examination, acute abomasitis was noticed in 6 cases, microscopically abomasum showed infiltration of inflammatory cells, predominantly of neutrophils, congested blood vessels and hyperplasia of goblet cells.