Disease in captive wild mammals and birds : $b incidence, description, comparisonFox, Herbert
Science
Disease in captive wild mammals and birds : $b incidence, description, comparison
Fox, Herbert
Veterinary medicine
By an examination of the adult pelvis and fetal skulls it will be seen
that the shape of the quadruped birth canal accommodates the fetal head
nicely when in extension since there is no large posterior cranial
development, the head and neck being of nearly the same thickness. In
the monkey, where the facial angle increases, the head does not advance
as a pointed presentation but as an irregular surface—the chin, forehead
or occiput. It is only when the head has assumed a high facial angle and
a well developed occipital lobe and the pelvic inlet has become
transversely wide, that internal rotation is necessary.
Resuming a discussion of our records I shall at this place introduce
additional cases of pathology in the parturient genital organ and then
discuss the general system. Beside the cases of dystocia discussed in
preceding pages there occurred in a deer a complete eversion of the
uterus, which was incompletely involuted, accompanying prolapse of the
rectum and bladder due to straining after severe injuries, probably
inflicted by a male. The animal lived long enough to develop a purulent
cystitis which spread to the vagina, uterus and pelvic soft parts. The
left uterine cornu of an American bison was found to contain a
decomposing fetus at about half term; general sepsis had supervened
which led to the animal’s death in about a week, according to the
keeper’s observations. The history of a monkey, followed through two
pregnancies and finally dying of tuberculosis and sepsis is interesting.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account