Orchitis and Epididymitis 



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and lost, so that as a rule the epididymis and testis can not 

 be told apart clinically in the presence of acute inflammation. 

 A clear differentiation between orchitis and epididymitis is 

 not supremely important, each having essentially like im- 

 portance for the reproductive life of the animal. 



According to the intensity of the disease, fever is present 

 with loss of appetite and other general symptoms. As a rule 

 the testicles suffer simultaneously but unequally. The onset 

 of the disease is generally violent, it continues intense for 



Fig. 226— Orchitis and Epididymitis. Stallion, 

 T, Testicle ; E, epididymis. 



