348 MISCELLANEOUS FUNGOUS INFECTIONS 



MoHi<ER. Mycotic stomatitis of cattle. Circular No. 51. Bureau 

 of Animal Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agric. 1904. 



§ 262. Blastomycetes infection in horses. Fermi 

 and Aruch described a disease in horses resembling glanders 

 except that it did not affect the lungs, which was caused by a 

 blastomycete. It is known as Farcin d'Afrique. Central- 

 blattf. Bak., Bd. XVII (1895), p. 593. 



Frothingham has described a tumor-like lesion in the 

 lungs of horses caused by a blastomycete. The growth was 

 about ten inches in diameter and on section resembled in 

 appearance a myxosarcoma. The central portion was easily 

 removed, the outer zone forming a firm border wall composed 

 of fibrous tissue. A microscopic examination of the central 

 portion showed it to consist of a fine meshwork of fibrous 

 tissue, in the meshes of which were many cells and blasto- 

 myces. These were fatal to rabbits and guinea pigs. Jour. 

 Compar. Med. and Vet. Archives, Vol. XXIII (1902), p. 593. 



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