Gross and Histopathology of Goats Feeding on Opuntia stricta in Laikipia County, Kenya

Figure 14

(a) Numerous mononuclear cells (yellow arrows), mainly macrophages, lymphocytes, and plasma cells, infiltrating areas where Opuntia stricta spines (red arrow) are located in severe abomasitis (x100). (b) Multifocal O. stricta thorns (Black arrows) and associated coalescing foreign-body granulomatous reactions (red arrows) in the pyloric region of a goat with severe chronic abomasitis (x40).

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