author(s)
S Kokila, S Dharmaceelan, M Prabhu, Sweetline Anne and R Ramprabhu

abstract
Bovine papillomatosis is a viral disease of cattle characterized by development of multiple cutaneous benign tumours termed warts. Cattle are the main source and natural reservoir of infection by the virus. The diagnosis of bovine papillomatosis was confirmed by clinical examinations of the warts. Thirteen animals reported to Veterinary Clinical Complex were selected for the study. The prevalence was found to be higher in the females (76%) than males (25%). The incidence was highest above one year old (84.61%).with various sizes of pedunculated, multiple, cutaneous warts on various parts of the body including udder and teats. All animals were subjected to surgical excision of growths under xylazine sedation and 2% lignocaine local infiltration by taking all aseptic precautions. Collected wart samples were subjected to autovaccine preparation using 0.5ml of 10% formalin. All cattle were treated with 10 ml of autovaccine by intramuscular route for 5 weeks on weekly interval. Regression study was carried out every week. Ten out of thirteen cases showed regression at 4th week (76.92%) 0ne out of thirteen cases showed regression at 5th week (7.69%). Complete regression was noticed on 5th week (61.53%) in eight animals and 6th week (23.07%) in three animals. The present study showed 84.61% of efficacy for bovine papillomatosis using autovaccine.