Gingival Hemangioma in A Sheep

A five-year-old iranian cross-breed ewe with a dark red and soft mass ongingiva of mandibular region was presented to the islamic azad university of tabriz veterinarymedical teaching hospital. macroscopically, a dark red, pedunculated, round-shaped and softmass less than 1.5 centimeter on gingival compartment of right midlateral edge was observed.temperature, heart rate and respiratory rate were not clinically abnormal.treatment and outcome- the abnormal mass was removed surgically by local anesthesia.histopathological examinations confirmed the occurrence of gingival hemangioma.clinical relevance- hemangiomas have been recorded in cattle, horses, sheep, swine and fowls,but it is only in cats and dogs that frequency of occurrence has been estimated.