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Inguinal Hernia in a Bitch
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The Veterinary Journal
the body and the general condition of the bird- an egg was presen t in the uterus- it would appear that it had suffered little ill effects.
Fig. 2.
I NGUINAL HERN I A I
J
A BITCH.
By s. M. W OODWARD , M.R.e.V .s., Birmingham.
S BJEcT.-Cross-bred Brindle Fox T errier bitch , aged fo ur to five years. NATURE OF COMPLAINT.-A large inguinal h ernia on the right side. HrsToRY.- H ernia had existed for 1 2 month s, but h ad increased in size considerably during p ast 14 days.
Translation OPERATION.-The bitch was 'admitted 't o' infirmary Monday, A ugust 8th, having been previously prepared. Was operated upon a t once. Chloroform administered with Krohne and Sese mann inhaler, which I prefer to others . . The h.ernial sac contained' right horn of pregnan't uterus, one fce tus only being present. Traction applied and the left horn..:,and body of uterus drawn through inguinal ring . Horn s ligatured as high up as possible and excised. Cervix of uterus treated in same manner, th e whole uterus and horns removed and the i ngui,nal ring ligatured . SEQUELlE.- The bitch went on well till August 12th, when t emperature rose to 104°. Wound opened up ' and pus evacuated. There was a recurrence of this condition on August 17th, after which no complicati ons arose and the bitch was dIscharged 'from hospital on Monda,'. August 29th. She had never previously been in whelp.
Cranslatlon P RE VENTIVE AND SPECIFIC VACCINATION OF DOGS AGAINST DISTEMPER. * By M. LE DR. CH. L E BAILLY, Director of the Bacteriological Laboratory of Caen.
ONE knows from 'the investigations of Carre in 1904 that distemper jn dogs is caused by a filterable virus. Bacteria to which one formerly attributed the role of specific agents are now considered only as microbes Of secondary infections. The filterabl e virus of distemper acts like the filterable virus that brings about epidemics of human influenza; its development in the organism diminishes or suppresses the resistance, natural or acquired, to the common pathogenic bacteria. One knows that distemper is contagious, epidemic in rearing establish ments, endemic in the t owns and that it strikes oftenest animals in the first year of life. Pure bred dogs are peculiarly susceptible. For a long time it has been sought to counteract this malady by the help of an effective vaccination. A number of vaccines and sera have been produced against it. Experience and practice have shown them to b e futile. 'They a re represented to be prophylactics capable of developing in the system of the dogs a resistance to the ;;econdary infections to which they frequently succumb when the specific virus of distemper has opened the port of entry to them. Studying comparatively the two groups of filterable viruses of a phthous fever of cattle and distemper of dogs, I find marked differences which separate them from each other. I have carried out research into methods of vaccination against these two epizootics. If the conclusions as regards aphthous fever must be deferred, I believe * Comptes re ndus d e I' Academie d es Sciences, August 1st, 1927. Revue -Gen . de Med. Vettfrinaire, Septembe r 15th , 1927.
The Veterinary Journal
the body and the general condition of the bird- an egg was presen t in the uterus- it would appear that it had suffered little ill effects.
Fig. 2.
I NGUINAL HERN I A I
J
A BITCH.
By s. M. W OODWARD , M.R.e.V .s., Birmingham.
S BJEcT.-Cross-bred Brindle Fox T errier bitch , aged fo ur to five years. NATURE OF COMPLAINT.-A large inguinal h ernia on the right side. HrsToRY.- H ernia had existed for 1 2 month s, but h ad increased in size considerably during p ast 14 days.
Translation OPERATION.-The bitch was 'admitted 't o' infirmary Monday, A ugust 8th, having been previously prepared. Was operated upon a t once. Chloroform administered with Krohne and Sese mann inhaler, which I prefer to others . . The h.ernial sac contained' right horn of pregnan't uterus, one fce tus only being present. Traction applied and the left horn..:,and body of uterus drawn through inguinal ring . Horn s ligatured as high up as possible and excised. Cervix of uterus treated in same manner, th e whole uterus and horns removed and the i ngui,nal ring ligatured . SEQUELlE.- The bitch went on well till August 12th, when t emperature rose to 104°. Wound opened up ' and pus evacuated. There was a recurrence of this condition on August 17th, after which no complicati ons arose and the bitch was dIscharged 'from hospital on Monda,'. August 29th. She had never previously been in whelp.
Cranslatlon P RE VENTIVE AND SPECIFIC VACCINATION OF DOGS AGAINST DISTEMPER. * By M. LE DR. CH. L E BAILLY, Director of the Bacteriological Laboratory of Caen.
ONE knows from 'the investigations of Carre in 1904 that distemper jn dogs is caused by a filterable virus. Bacteria to which one formerly attributed the role of specific agents are now considered only as microbes Of secondary infections. The filterabl e virus of distemper acts like the filterable virus that brings about epidemics of human influenza; its development in the organism diminishes or suppresses the resistance, natural or acquired, to the common pathogenic bacteria. One knows that distemper is contagious, epidemic in rearing establish ments, endemic in the t owns and that it strikes oftenest animals in the first year of life. Pure bred dogs are peculiarly susceptible. For a long time it has been sought to counteract this malady by the help of an effective vaccination. A number of vaccines and sera have been produced against it. Experience and practice have shown them to b e futile. 'They a re represented to be prophylactics capable of developing in the system of the dogs a resistance to the ;;econdary infections to which they frequently succumb when the specific virus of distemper has opened the port of entry to them. Studying comparatively the two groups of filterable viruses of a phthous fever of cattle and distemper of dogs, I find marked differences which separate them from each other. I have carried out research into methods of vaccination against these two epizootics. If the conclusions as regards aphthous fever must be deferred, I believe * Comptes re ndus d e I' Academie d es Sciences, August 1st, 1927. Revue -Gen . de Med. Vettfrinaire, Septembe r 15th , 1927.