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Diseases of the Genital Organs 



In the bitch, the symptoms are very similar. There is 

 first a bloody discharge from the vulva. Examination of 

 the vulva and vagina reveals vegetations of the same ap- 

 pearance as already noted in the male. These appear chiefly 

 along the floor of the vulva and, when very large, may pro- 

 trude externally. The discharge from the vulva is usually 

 fetid. According to French, males sometimes show an 

 aversion to mating with aflfected females. 



Fig. 240 — Infectious Venereal Granuloma of Bitch. (C. A. White.) 



Beebe and Ewing (Jour. Med. Research, Sept., 1906, do. 

 Vet. Jour., July, 1907) record the presence in these tumors 

 of spirochaete in one out of a series of cases, but failed to 

 connect their presence with the cause of the malady. 



Later, Mettam (Veterinary Journal, February, 1907) re- 

 cords the discovery of an organism in this disease belong- 

 ing to the group of spirochsete, which he believes to be the 

 specific cause. 



