I02 HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA 



Stomatitis and glossitis are rarely observed. The pharynx 

 is usually congested. 



The stomach walls contain a few or many hemorrhagic 

 areas. These are sometimes extremely large, especially on 

 the third stomach. As a rule the larger hemorrhages pene- 

 trate the entire thickness of the walls The smaller ones are 

 confined to the subserous or mucous coats. The stomach con- 

 tents are apparently normal. 



The intestinal walls are constantly affected. Hemorrhagic 

 areas involving all the coats are frequently present. Smaller 

 ones, visible only from the inner or outer surface, are always 

 present. General enteritis and peritonitis are constantly 

 observed. Localized enteritis is frequent. 



The bowel contents are in some cases dark and tarry ; in 

 others the feces are apparently normal in color and consistency 

 but streaked with bloody mucous. 



The kidneys are usually but slightly affected. When 

 lesions are present they are hemorrhages but pin point in size 

 and mostly confined to the cortical substance, though a few 

 are found in the walls of the pelvis and ureters. The urine is 

 bloody in some instances. 



The vaginal mucous membrane is congested in many 

 cases. Wilson and Brimhall saw one animal that was four 

 months pregnant which exhibited small hemorrhagic areas in 

 the placental membranes. 



The udder is congested in some cases. It may be 

 hemorrhagic. 



The central nervous system occasionally shows hemor- 

 rhages in the dura. A few cases are reported of hemorrhages 

 on all of the joint surfaces. Brimhall recently reported an 

 outbreak where the autopsies showed very few hemorrhagic 

 areas in the subcutis and internal organs. There were lesions 

 in its spinal cord. The spleens were enlarged. In nine out- 

 breaks Bad. bovisepticum was present. 



Wilson and Brimhall fixed portions of the subcutaneous 

 tissue, skeletal muscles, lymphatic glands, lung, heart wall, 

 stomach wall, and spleen in 95 per cent, alcohol and in 4 per 



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