Abstract
A 4 month-old male Holstein calf weighing 160kg was treated for swelling under its left jaw. Blood examination and exploratory puncture indicated a pool of translucent mucus and the swelling was thus diagnosed as a salivary cyst. While under sedation and local anesthesia, the calf was placed on its right side and the cyst was removed surgically. The animal subsequently developed normally and was sold 6 months later. Histopathologically, the cyst was shown to have originated from submandibular salivary glands. The epithelium lining of the cyst was quite similar to that of the salivary duct's.
