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chronic forms. It most commonly arises as a result of dystokia 

 particularly in primiparous subjects. It may also be caused by the 

 presence of foreign bodies and neoplasms. 



Symptoms and Diagnosis. Acute vaginitis is characterized by 

 the discharge of a mucous, purulent, or sanguineous matter. The 

 labia of the vulva are injected, swollen, and painful, as is also the 

 vagina. In the chronic form a whitish or grepsh muco-purulent 

 matter is discharged which agglutinates the hairs at the inferior 

 commissure. 



Treatment. In either form irrigate the vagina two or three 

 times daily with moderately hot antiseptic solutions and follow with 

 injections of astringent solutions such as nitrate of silver and sul- 

 phate of zinc (1:100). Citrate of silver solutions (2:100) are 

 highly recommended by Italian authorities. 



PEOLAPSE. 



This lesion is of rare occurrence. Estrual hypertrophy of the 

 mucosa is commonly mistaken for it. It may occur as a contingency 

 of the act of copulation when the male exceeds the female much in 

 size and drags the latter about. - 



Symptoms and Diagnosis. A reddish congested mass appears 

 . at the vulva. If not soon replaced it may ulcerate through contact 

 with the ground when the animal sits on its haunches. 



Treatment. The everted part should be irrigated with warm 

 water and then replaced. If the protrusion shows a tendency to 

 recur, the vulva should be stitched, the stitches being withdrawn in 

 the course of three or four days. 



RUPTURE. 



This lesion has been observed by Raynard, Pflug, and Kitt. 

 It is apt to be complicated by incarceration of the bladder through 

 the rent. It is usually occasioned by the careless use of instruments 

 in difficult parturition. Raynard regarded it as always a very 

 serious accident from which the animal never recovered, owing to 

 development of peritonitis. 



Symptoms and Diagnosis. When the bladder is incarcerated 

 it projects from the vulva and is recognized as a fluctuating tumor 



