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An Undiagnosed Disease
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I ATTENDED a bay mare cobin July for a sore on the off lip of her vulva and sores on her udder. These were treated with w ound oils and antiseptic dusting powder, and although troublesome to remedy had apparently healed in about three weeks' time. The mare was then turned out to grass and was brought up again in the middle of September. I was then sent fOI[ to examine her. I found her cover:ed with scabs from head t·o foot. One sid·e of her vulva was deformed and eroded and her teats dropped off from the udder. Scrapings from the skin r,evealed purulent discharge underneath the scabs; a powerful lens and examination by Pugh's mange tray method revealed no acan . The mare was a brute to do anything with and two twitches had to be put on her to obtain any scrapings . Owing to the difficulty 'of any proper treatment, to avoid danger of infection (supposing there was any) and to safeguard against any accident to man incurred in treatment, the owners had the mare shot. Was the di sease necrobacillosis? If so, it is the firs t generalized case I have ever seen. - - -- - - - --
SPINDLE-CELlJED SARCOMA ON INSIDE OF CHEEK OF COLLIE DOG. By CRITTENDEN ROS S, D.V . M. New York, N. Y.
ANSWERING a caB to see a collie dog on June 3 that was reported unable to eat, we found , upon examination, imbedded in the cheek a large tumorous growth which appeared necroti<: and gave off a very offensive odour. At the owner's request the patient was treated but the -client warned of the seriousness of the condition. Four days later, at the so licitation of the owner, the patient was operated up on. All efforts were used to remove the entire growth and both upper and lower maxillce were curetted. In the centre of the growth was found a sma ll tooth, re sembling a deciduous incisor. Samples of this mass were sent to a local laboratory, also to Dr. B . F . Kaupp, of West Raleigh,
I ATTENDED a bay mare cobin July for a sore on the off lip of her vulva and sores on her udder. These were treated with w ound oils and antiseptic dusting powder, and although troublesome to remedy had apparently healed in about three weeks' time. The mare was then turned out to grass and was brought up again in the middle of September. I was then sent fOI[ to examine her. I found her cover:ed with scabs from head t·o foot. One sid·e of her vulva was deformed and eroded and her teats dropped off from the udder. Scrapings from the skin r,evealed purulent discharge underneath the scabs; a powerful lens and examination by Pugh's mange tray method revealed no acan . The mare was a brute to do anything with and two twitches had to be put on her to obtain any scrapings . Owing to the difficulty 'of any proper treatment, to avoid danger of infection (supposing there was any) and to safeguard against any accident to man incurred in treatment, the owners had the mare shot. Was the di sease necrobacillosis? If so, it is the firs t generalized case I have ever seen. - - -- - - - --
SPINDLE-CELlJED SARCOMA ON INSIDE OF CHEEK OF COLLIE DOG. By CRITTENDEN ROS S, D.V . M. New York, N. Y.
ANSWERING a caB to see a collie dog on June 3 that was reported unable to eat, we found , upon examination, imbedded in the cheek a large tumorous growth which appeared necroti<: and gave off a very offensive odour. At the owner's request the patient was treated but the -client warned of the seriousness of the condition. Four days later, at the so licitation of the owner, the patient was operated up on. All efforts were used to remove the entire growth and both upper and lower maxillce were curetted. In the centre of the growth was found a sma ll tooth, re sembling a deciduous incisor. Samples of this mass were sent to a local laboratory, also to Dr. B . F . Kaupp, of West Raleigh,