INFECTIVK GRANULOMA IN A MARE. 



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INFECTIVE GRANULOMA IN A MARE. 



206. Ten-year-old bay cob mare. 



History. — About the beginning of 1899 the animal showed inconti- 

 nence of urine, which continued for a time without improvement. 



A local adviser was called in, who prescribed, and the animal 

 seemed to recover somewhat, but symptoms recurred soon afterwards. 

 Naturally the almost continuous urination caused irritation and 

 inflammation of the skin of the thighs, and ultimately developed raw 

 sores. There was also a difficulty experienced in defecation. Gradual 

 atrophy was observed to occur on the right side of the back behind the 



Fig. 74. — Malignant granuloma. Mare: section of stomach, (fin. obj. 

 camera length iSin.) 



withers, just underneath the seat of the saddle, for a period of six to 

 eight months before death. At last the owner had the animal slaugh- 

 tered. 



Post-mortem Examination.—" The animal was in poor condition. 

 The pulmonary pleura was thickened and indurated, while large 

 patches of the lung beneath were firm, very dense to the touch, and 

 almost cartilaginous on section. The growth was in large areas, lying 

 more or less underneath the pleura, and the inferior border of the lung, 

 bronchi, and blood-vessels showed thickening to a great extent, while 

 here and there in the diseased area small caseous nodules were discern- 



