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

Figure 13

(a) Several Opuntia stricta thorns penetrating deep into the glandular mucosa (red arrow) and tunica muscularis (blue arrows) of the abomasum in mild abomasitis (x40). (b) Opuntia stricta thorns in the glandular mucosa of abomasum (black arrows) causing pressure atrophy of glands and attracting mononuclear cells infiltrations around them in mild case of abomasitis (green arrows) (x100).

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