Sarcoma: lymph glands. Epithelioma, intestine. Adenoma, rectum. Undetermined tumors. Diagnosis by abdominal palpation or rectal exploration. Removal by rectum or laparotomy. Chickens: Sarcoma. Epithelioma.
Cadeac records the frequent existence of sarcoma of the lymph glands, and epithelioma of the intestines and Friedberger an adenoma close to the rectum. Born describes a tumor of uncertain kind, and with a number of smaller adjacent rounded masses.
The diagnosis is usually easier than in the larger animals, the flaccid walls of the abdomen facilitating a satisfactory manipulation.
In the case of isolated and non-malignant growths, laparotomy should be resorted to without hesitation. Even resection of the intestine may be resorted to for the removal of a neoplasm the ends being reunited by sutures or by Murphy’s button.
TUMORS OF THE INTESTINES IN BIRDS.
In chickens it is no uncommon thing to find sarcomata, and other tumors of less determinate structure in connection with the intestine. Pommay and Bizard record a case of cylindroid epithelioma in an ostrich, almost completely blocking the intestine.
The treatment in birds may be very heroic, the tendency to infection by pyogenic and other common bacteria of wounds being reduced to a minimum.
STRANGULATION OF THE INTESTINE BY THE OVARIAN LIGAMENT IN SOLIPEDS.
Pediculated ovary in mare. Strangulation. Diagnosis by rectal exploration. Castration.
In most healthy animals the ovary is light and its situation in the anterior border of the broad ligament so firm that it is impossible for it to enwrap and constrict the intestines. In the mare, however, the healthy ovary may be almost as large as the closed fist, and when further enlarged by cystic or other degeneration, it drags upon and lengthens the ligament until that may form a long pedicle which can easily be wound round the floating colon or small intestine.