Bursattee of Ihe Penis and Prepuce 775 



ate measures undertaken, but usually the sterility is per- 

 manent and irremediable and the animal must be removed 

 from the stud and, with or without castration, used for 

 work. 



B. Bursattee of the Penis and Prepuce 



Genital bursattee presents characters suggesting, to the 

 inexperienced, a venereal disorder, and constitutes an an- 

 noying disease in breeding stallions. It is not infrequent 

 in those countries where this malady prevails in other por- 

 tions of the body. Bursattee shows a distinct tendency to 

 attack the penis and prepuce of breeding stallions, especially 

 of heavy draft animals. Presumably the infection is not 

 coital but is transmitted by other means — accidental wounds, 

 flies or other carriers. 



The usual symptom of penial bursattee, when first ob- 

 served by the groom or owner, is the presence about the 

 urethral opening of an angry-looking fungoid growth, which 

 bleeds upon the slightest touch and is generally observed to 

 bleed immediately after coition. Sometimes during erec- 

 tion blood drips from the tumor. Another fungoid mass of 

 similar appearance exists at the preputial ring upon the in- 

 ferior or urethral side near the middle of the organ when 

 erected — that point where the urethral opening rests when 

 the penis is fully withdrawn within its prepuce and sheath. 

 When the penis is at rest, therefore, the growths about the 

 urethral opening and on the preputial ring are in immediate 

 contact : the preputial growth has emanated from that about 

 the urethral opening, as a consequence of contact. 



The bursattie growth may begin at other points or may 

 extend from the seat of infection to neighboring parts. In 

 one instance, I observed the disease beginning upon the 

 scrotum. 



If the new growth is closely inspected, it is usually possi- 

 ble to recognize readily with the naked eye the small yellow 

 concretions or "kunkurs" characteristic of the malady. In 

 some cases penial bursattee is accompanied by infections 

 upon the feet or other parts. 



