TUMORS OF THE INTESTINES IN DOGS. 



Sarcoma : lymph glands. Epithelioma, intestine. Adenoma, rectum. 

 Undetermined tumors. Diagnosis by abdominal palpation or rectal explora- 

 tion. Removal by rectum or laparotomy. Chickens : Sarcoma. Epithe- 

 lioma. 



Cadeac records the frequent existence of sarcoma of the lymph 

 g^lands, and epithelioma of the intestines and Friedberger an 

 adenoma close to the rectum. Born describes a tumor of uncer- 

 tain kind, and with a number of smaller adjacent rounded masses. 



The diagnosis is usually easier than in the larger animals, the 

 flaccid walls of the abdomen facilitating a satisfactory manipula- 

 tion. 



In the case of isolated and non-malignant growths, laparotomy 

 should be resorted to without hesitation. Even resection of the 

 intestine may be resorted to for the removal of a neoplasm the 

 ends being reunited by sutures or by Mtirphy's button. 



TUMORS OF THE INTESTINES IN BIRDS. 



In chickens it is no uncommon thing to find sarcomata, and 

 other ttimors of less determinate structure in connection with the 

 intestine. Pommay and Bizard record a case of cylindroid 

 epithelioma in an ostrich, almost completely blocking the in- 

 testine. 



The treatment in birds may be very heroic, the tendency to in- 

 fection by pyogenic and other common bacteria of wounds being 

 leduced to a minimum. 



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