DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT 23 



It is desirable to extract the bladder without 

 rupturing it as sometimes the rupture of the 

 bladder complicates its removal. The skin 

 over the bladder, after clipping away the fur, 

 is painted with tincture of iodin, a small fold 

 picked up with dressing forceps and the fold 

 snipped transversely with the points of a pair 

 of scissors ; the bladder is now grasped with the 

 forceps and gently extracted, and to prevent 

 the possibility of ingestion by a dog, burnt. 

 Dogs on the same premises with rabbits should 

 receive treatment for tapeworms and should 

 not be fed with carcasses of rabbits infested 

 with the cystic forms. Stray dogs should be 

 kept off the premises as much as possible. 



