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and in Sendrail's case it was shrunken to the size of a bean. In 

 a case of atrophy of the pancreas in a dog- observed by Miiller 

 there was emaciation in spite of the appetite being maintained ; 

 undigested muscle fibers were found in the feces and there was 

 an absence of free hydrochloric acid in the stomach. 



Mention must also be made of the following abnormalities 

 that have been met wdth at postmortems. Calculi in the ducts 

 of the gland cause dilatation of the ducts, an increase of con- 

 nective tissue, and atrophy of the parench3T;na. Calculi of the 

 pancreas have been met with fairly frequently l)y Scheunert & 

 Bergholz, especially in the cow. The presence of the following 

 neoplasms has been recorded: adenoma (Lienaux), carcinoma of 

 the head of the pancreas, especially in the dog, and melanoma 

 in the horse (Bruckmiiller, Friedberger, Kasewurm). Echinococ- 

 ci, larval sclerostomes and intestinal worms have occasionally 

 been observed. Nencioni found chronic pancreatitis in an ema- 

 ciated cat due to a colony of distoma felineum in the gland. 



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 D. Z. f. Tm., 1896, XXII, 408.— Megnin & Nocard, Arch. d'Alf., 1878, 601.— 

 Mettam, The Vet., 1901, 619.— Miiller, Dresd. Ber., 1906, 162.— Nencioni, N. Ere, 

 1906, 26.— Prettner, T. Z., 1894, 342.— Eeimers, Ann., 1887, 672.— Eonai, Husszemle, 

 1906, 33 (Lit.).— Sehattler, D. t. W., 1905, 206.— Sendrail, Eev. Vet., 1906, 229.— 

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