MALADIE DU COIT. 
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MALADIE DU COIT. 
By J. D. Hopkins, D.Y.S. 
[Extract from his Report to the Stock Growers’ Association.] 
(■Continued from page 854.) 
STALLIONS. 
In the benignant form in stallions the symptoms of the disease 
do not appear to be so marked as in the mare, and not unfre- 
quently several weeks pass away without any indication of its ex¬ 
istence being manifested; at other times it appears in a few days 
after coitus , as an indolent, oedematous, but intermittent inflam¬ 
mation of the prepuce ; and in some cases there is oedema with 
collapsus of the penis. 
The disease may become aggravated and malignant, as in 
the mare. 
In the commencement of the malignant form of this malady 
in stallions, the symptoms are sometimes so trifling that they are 
likely to pass unperceived, especially if the disease is unknown in 
the country. 
Its primary manifestations are uncertain ; sometimes it ap¬ 
pears early, at other times there is a long lapse before its presence 
is ascertained ; and again, it may remain latent and only develop 
itself after the excitement of coition. 
One of the first symptoms is swelling of the prepuce, which 
increases in volume ; the infiltration extends behind to the scro¬ 
tum, and is limited in front to the extremity of the sheath, where 
it forms a semi-circular ring ; though it may spread beneath the 
abdomen to the sternum, the skin being infiltrated and thickened, 
and on the sheath smooth and shining, while the swelling itself is 
doughy and indolent. This is frequently the only symptom vis¬ 
ible for a long time, and stallions have had it for eight, ten and 
twelve months before other symptoms were exhibited. 
After a certain time these local symptoms are accompanied 
by others of a general character. There is dullness, pawing, and 
loss of condition, though the appetite is unimpaired. 
In some cases the testicles remain healthy; in others they are 
larger, pendant, and betray more or less morbid sensibility. 
