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Fibroma. Furianetto furnishes an interesting case of a 

 fibrous tumor connected with the mucosa of the floating colon, on 

 which it had dragged so as to cause a fatal invagination. 



Carcinoma. Mauri relates a case of multiple cancer involv- 

 ing not only the intestines but also the lymph glands, the heart, 

 the brain, the muscles, etc. I/andis also records the case of a 

 cancerous tumor of six inches in circumference attached to the 

 floating colon of a calf. 



Cystoma. Tumors of this kind have not been found to any 

 extent in the intestines of cattle. Reboul describes a large cyst 

 weighing 20 lbs., attached to the reticulum, omasum and aboma- 

 sum and containing a pultaceous fcetid debris. There was at- 

 tendant congestion of the colon. 



Tumors of Uncertain Kind have been recorded by other 

 observers. 



Symptoms. As in the soliped the one diagnostic symptom is 

 the discovery of the neoplasm and its effects by rectal examina- 

 tion, in those cases in which the tumor is within reach. Apart 

 from this there are the general symptoms of ill-health, anaemia, 

 pallor of the mucosa and emaciation in malignant cases, and 

 recurrent colics, tympanies, impaired rumination and appetite, 

 with dark colored liquid or bloody faeces, or complete suspension 

 of defecation. In Pritchard's cases one animal was in the highest 

 possible condition, having been in preparation for the Smithfield 

 (London) fat stock show. 



Treatment. If the tumor has been diagnosed with certainty, 

 it may be removed by surgical means from its seat in the rectum, 

 or even from other parts if not multiple or malignant. Laparot- 

 omy is better borne in cattle than in horse. 



Hyperplasia on the Intestinal Mucosa in Cattle. In a 

 Jersey heifer presented at the clinic of the New York State Vet- 

 erinary College a hyperplasia of the mucosa of the duodenum, 

 which blocked the lumen, was removed and the bowel resected- 

 On examination the mass was found to be the result of productive 

 inflammation, and undergoing necrosis and separation. 



