Botryomycosis. 



This is a condition which is very troublesome in 

 the southern half of the United States. It occurs to 

 a certain extent in the north also but not so exten- 

 sively nor is it so virulent as it is in the south, where 

 it has assumed such proportions and presents such 

 grave problems that I believe it is only a question of 

 time when it will require rigid quarantine regulations 

 for its control and eradication. 



From an experience with this condition in Texas, 

 Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico and Old Mexico, 

 covering a period of nearly six years, I am convinced 

 that we have in veterinary medicine no other single 

 infection which can appear in as great a variety of 

 forms, which attacks as great a variety of tissues and 

 which presents such tenacity of life. 



Veterinarians in the south have observed botr}^- 

 omycotic infection of nearly every organ in the body. 

 In certain localities, the most trivial injuries, such as 

 abrasions from interfering, chafes from the harness 

 and other minor hurts develop into most troublesome 

 sores as a result of this infection. The slightest 

 wound should not be neglected in these regions. 



I have seen valuable stallions made worthless for 

 breeding purposes as a result of botryomycotic infec- 

 tion of the sheath and penis, the organ developing on 

 the glands a cauliflower-like growth the size of a 



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