310 MESENTEEIC HEENIA. GUT-TIE IN CATTLE. 



the intestine and hernial neck or sac, and a radical cure is 

 afterwards impossible. 



MESENTEEIC HEENIA. 



This is one of the internal lesions which cannot be dis- 

 tinguished from ordinary volvulus, intussusception, or other 

 causes of strangulation of the intestine. After death it is 

 found that a fold of intestine has accidentally slipped through 

 a tear in the mesentery. 



GUT-TIE IN CATTLE. 



This interesting lesion occurs in certain districts, and 

 especially in countries where oxen are worked in the plough. 

 It has been erroneously considered as a ligature of the intes- 

 tine by the spermatic cord, which is left long in castrating, 

 by pulling out the testicle after an incision in the scrotum. 



The nature of the lesion has been well described by the 

 German veterinarians. It consists in protrusion of intestine 

 through a laceration of the peritoneum into a cul-de-sac 

 between the remnant of the spermatic cord and the margin 

 of the pelvis. It is indicated by severe abdominal pain, and 

 is recognised at once by the practitioners who often meet 

 with cases in the districts where it is observed. 



Treatment, It is possible to have a spontaneous cure by 

 turning the animal sharply on its back, or suddenly elevating 

 its hind quarters by causing it to leap off a step. If this fail, 

 the hand must be passed up the rectum, and reduction 

 effected by pushing with the palm upwards and forwards, so 

 as to lift the imprisoned fold through the opening. In cases 

 that resist even this method, an incision is made into the 

 flank, and the intestine is withdrawn from confinement by 

 passing the hand into the abdomen. The abdominal wound 

 is then sewn up, and the cases do remarkably well 



