DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF GEN- 

 ERATION. 



The diseases of the organs of generation, especially 

 those of the male, are rare in this country and England. 

 Cause — castration. They are also rare in non-breeding 

 females. 



A disease — called by the French ' Maladie du Coit ' (a 

 disease of copulation) — much resembling syphilis in man, 

 broke out in De Witt county, Illinois, in 1884, the prob- 

 able cause of which being an imported and infected French 

 stallion. The disease made its way to Kent county, On- 

 tario, Canada, in 1887. Great effort was and is being 

 made to stamp it out. It is as poisonous apparently as 

 glanders-farcy. It is sometimes followed by one or other 

 form of this disease (described on page 67). 



EQUINE SYPHILIS (MALADIE DU COIT), 



Is a specific equine constitutional disease, characterized 

 by lesions of the urino-genital organs, and communicable 

 from coition by either affected horse or mare. (Dun.) 



It is caused by filth, fatty concretions beneath the pre- 

 puce, foreign substances within the sheath or urethra, 

 acrid injections into the urethra, accidents, violence in 

 copulation, &c. (D'Arboval.) 



The disease usually begins at the head of the penis, 

 extending upward sometimes as far as the lining of the 

 sheath. At first the parts are tense, shining, and pain- 

 ful, but as soon as any morbid tissue appears, the lubre- 

 f active secretion becomes augmented, thickened, and fetid. 

 Sometimes it is mixed with a whitish whey, when the 



