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Title: The diseases of the genital organs of domestic animals
Identifier: diseasesofgenita00will (find matches)
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Williams, W. L. (Walter Long), 1856-1945; Williams, Walter Wilkinson, 1892-
Subjects: Horses; Genital Diseases, Male -- veterinary; Genital Diseases, Female -- veterinary
Publisher: Ithaca, N. Y. : The Author
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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786 Diseases of the Genital Organs measure upon the comparative development of the given structure. That is, the seminal vesicles, prostate and Cow- per's glands will tend to become involved in proportion to the functional importance of each in the species under con- sideration. Thus in the bull the seminal vesicle is the most commonly involved subsidiary sex gland, while in the dog the prostate gland suffers most frequently and severely.
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FiG. vs Enlarged Seminal Vesicles. Gelding. U, Urinary bladder ; S, S, seminal vesicles. Since ascending invasions along the urethro-vas deferens canal naturally tend to become deflected into the subsidiary sex glands, infections of these structures sometimes occur without involvement of the testicles or epididymes. Infec- tious of the subsidiary glands probably as a rule have a greater peril for genital health than infections of the epidid- ymis or testicle, because when the latter are involved the \ ( ry small caliber of the tubules leads to early atresia with incarceration of the infection, while the structure of the subsidiary glands is such that infected secretions may read- ily escape into the urethra and be ejaculated with the semen.

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