Therapeutic management of cutaneous bovine papillomatosis using levamisole and lithium antimony thiomalate in cattle

Abstract

Papillomatosis in cattle is a viral disease characterised clinically by the development of multiple benign tumours which are termed as warts. Twelve cows in the age group of 3-9 years were selected for the present study. The animals were having growths on muzzle, teats and some other parts of body. On careful examination they were pedunculated or sessile growths which were diagnosed as cutaneous papilloma/warts on the basis of clinical lesions and histopathology. All the recorded physiological parameters were found to be normal. Nine cows were treated with Lithium Antimony Thiomalate out of which 5 cows recovered completely and 3 cows were treated with auto-haemotherapy out of which only 1 recovered. The six non-recovered animals were later treated with Lithium Antimony Thiomalate + Levamisole and among these 5 animals showed recovery. It was hence concluded that Levamisole + Lithium Antimony Thiomalate showed better efficacy than Lithium Antimony Thiomalate alone.