SECTION V. THE GENITAL INFECTIONS 

 OF CARNIVORA 



CHAPTER XXIV 



SPECIFIC VENEREAL DISEASES 



The Venereal Tumors of the Dog. Venereal Granulo- 

 mata. Lymphosarcoma 



In the dog, there is observed a specific venereal disease 

 consisting of granulomata upon the genital mucosa. The 

 disease is somewhat wide-spread in Great Britain and con- 

 tinental Europe. It is observed in various portions of the 

 United States, largely in dogs recently imported. In the 

 male it affects chiefly the penis and prepuce and sometimes 

 invades the adjacent tissues. Metastatic disease of the in- 

 guinal glands may follow. In the female it involves pri- 



FlG. 2;^ Infectious Venereal Granuloma of Dog-. (C. A Whil 



marily and chiefly the vulva. It is naturally transmitted by 

 copulation only, but may be otherwise spread by artificial 

 or accidental inoculation. 



