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

Figure 12

(a) Numerous Opuntia stricta thorns penetrating the tongue (red arrows), completely splitting, destroying, and disrupting the anatomical structure of the organ. Some thorns in the deep tongue muscles are surrounded by mononuclear cells in an acute severe glossitis (yellow arrow) (x10). (b) Opuntia stricta thorns deep in the tongue muscles (green arrows) affecting the sublingual glands in a goat (black arrow) with glossitis (x40).

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