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A Cannibal Dog
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The Veterinary Journal A CANNIBAL DOG. By ARTHUR WHICHER, M.R.C.V.S., Bexhitl-on-Sea.
THE article, " A Cannibal Cat," by Mr. H. Buckingham, in the May issue of the VETERINARV JOURNAL, reminds me of an experience· I had about 18 months ago. On behalf of the police, I took in two stray dogs-one a sheep dog puppy about eight months old, and the other a mongrel about the size of a small fox terrier. They were put in a covered run with access to three ordinary kennels. After they had been in for two days the mongrel did not come out to feed , but no notice was taken of this. As, however, he did not appear on the, third day a search was made, with the following result. In one kenqel the head was found, and in another the tail and one hind leg. There can be no question that the rest of the body had b een eaten by the sheep dog, as there was no possible chance of any other animal getting into the enclosed run. Since mentioning this case to Professor Hobday I have been ahle to trace the sheep dog and find that he is on a local farm and is. apparently a perfectly b ehaved dog in every way.
GASTROTOMY OR ENTEROTOMY FOR RUBBER ' BALL SWALLOWED BY DOGS. By FREDERICK F. G. HOBDAY, C.M.C., F.R.C.V.S., F.R.S E . (late Examiner in Surgery to the R oyal College of Veterinary Surgeons), I
IT.is curious how in practice one occasionally gets a " run " of a certain type of case. Within a period of three weeks then:; were no less than four cases. in which the history of canines admitted to hospital was that the dog had swallowed a ball. Having had experience of the unreliability of the hist ories given by owners, I t ook th e precaution in each case to have the animals. radiographed, and the result was, in every instance, confirmative. No.1 was a B edlington terrier, 18 months old, which was stated to have swallowed a bagatelle ball. It was supposed to have been taken some four days previously, and the dog was now in considerable pain, with. loss of appetite and a temperature of 103°. The skiagraph demonstrated the ball to be wedged in th e upper portion of the duodenum , and I was able, when the abdomen was opened, to push it along into a portion of the bowel which was to all appearances perfectly healthy.
The Veterinary Journal A CANNIBAL DOG. By ARTHUR WHICHER, M.R.C.V.S., Bexhitl-on-Sea.
THE article, " A Cannibal Cat," by Mr. H. Buckingham, in the May issue of the VETERINARV JOURNAL, reminds me of an experience· I had about 18 months ago. On behalf of the police, I took in two stray dogs-one a sheep dog puppy about eight months old, and the other a mongrel about the size of a small fox terrier. They were put in a covered run with access to three ordinary kennels. After they had been in for two days the mongrel did not come out to feed , but no notice was taken of this. As, however, he did not appear on the, third day a search was made, with the following result. In one kenqel the head was found, and in another the tail and one hind leg. There can be no question that the rest of the body had b een eaten by the sheep dog, as there was no possible chance of any other animal getting into the enclosed run. Since mentioning this case to Professor Hobday I have been ahle to trace the sheep dog and find that he is on a local farm and is. apparently a perfectly b ehaved dog in every way.
GASTROTOMY OR ENTEROTOMY FOR RUBBER ' BALL SWALLOWED BY DOGS. By FREDERICK F. G. HOBDAY, C.M.C., F.R.C.V.S., F.R.S E . (late Examiner in Surgery to the R oyal College of Veterinary Surgeons), I
IT.is curious how in practice one occasionally gets a " run " of a certain type of case. Within a period of three weeks then:; were no less than four cases. in which the history of canines admitted to hospital was that the dog had swallowed a ball. Having had experience of the unreliability of the hist ories given by owners, I t ook th e precaution in each case to have the animals. radiographed, and the result was, in every instance, confirmative. No.1 was a B edlington terrier, 18 months old, which was stated to have swallowed a bagatelle ball. It was supposed to have been taken some four days previously, and the dog was now in considerable pain, with. loss of appetite and a temperature of 103°. The skiagraph demonstrated the ball to be wedged in th e upper portion of the duodenum , and I was able, when the abdomen was opened, to push it along into a portion of the bowel which was to all appearances perfectly healthy.