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Salivary mucocele

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Definition: extravasation of saliva into subcutaneous tissues.

Clinical features: this Limousin x Friesian heifer had shown this soft, painless, fluctuating swelling since birth. In other cases it develops in the first few weeks of life.

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Differential diagnosis: calf diphtheria, submandibular abscess.
 
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