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Veterinary Obstetrics 



two years or more. The animal gradually becomes less able to 

 retain the penis in its position, and the swollen organ protrudes 

 farther and farther out of the sheath, sometimes extending en- 

 tirely out of the prepuce and hanging flaccid and fully exposed. 

 The discharge from the urethra may become somewhat ichorous 

 and, with the general, soiled condition of the penis and surround- 

 ing parts, may lead to ulcerations or erosions upon these. Later 

 in the course of the disease, the weakened condition of the 

 tissues of the part may lead to purulent infection and the forma- 



FlG. 7. DOURINB. 



Arab pony at beginning of the second stage of the malady, show- 

 chiefly the enormously swollen sheath and penis and depressed as- 

 pect of the patient. (Baldrey. ) 



