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Title: Veterinary obstetrics, including the diseases of breeding animals and of the new-born
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Williams, Walter Long, 1856-
Subjects: Veterinary obstetrics
Publisher: Ithaca, N.Y. : The author
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hin the ti.ssues render disinfection and cure a complexand difficult problem. Symptoms. According to Ostertag, a vaginal catarrh be-comes established within 2-3 days after artificial inoculation,while, by natural or coital infection, one or two more dajs elapsebefore the catarrh becomes apparent. Raebiger observed va-ginitis and catarrh in 24 hours. The first symptoms of the malady to be noted consist of swell-ing of the labige of the vulva and a diffused or streaked reddeningand swelling of the vulvo-vaginal mucosa, with tenderness of theparts. The inflamed area is covered somewhat by a muco-purulent discharge. A day or two later there develop in the vestibule of the vulvaalong the floor and sides about the clitoris numerous small nodules^Jg- to ;- inch in diameter, which are at first dark red, later be-coming lighter in color. These nodules are smooth and of very loo Veterinary Obstetrics firm consistence and are somewhat reo;ularly arran»;jed in parallelrows, as sliown^in Fig. lo.
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Fig. io. iNi-KCTior-s Gr.\nui..\r Vagiitis. Mucosa of the vestibule after three months duration of the dis-ease. (Hutyra and Marek, after Ostertag.) Grmiular \^enereal Disease of Cattle loi The nodules consist essentially of hypertrophied papillarybodies. If the vulva is held open and reflected light thrown intothe cavity, the nodules can be readil)^ distinguished ; they arealso readily recognizable by the sense of touch. The mucous membrane is swollen, r^ and sensitive, bleedseasily upon manipulation and is covered by an inodorous mucousor muco-purulent secretion, which, flowing from the vulva, soilsthe labiae, tail and adjacent parts, where it dries in brown crustsor, if in larger amounts, may flow from the vulva in long, ropyma.sses. The denudation of the mucosa renders it quite sensitiveto the passage of urine over it, and the pain and irritation in thepart tends to cause urination with abnormal frequency. When the disease extends into the cavity of the gravid uterus,which appears

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