Disease in captive wild mammals and birds : $b incidence, description, comparisonFox, Herbert
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Disease in captive wild mammals and birds : $b incidence, description, comparison
Fox, Herbert
Veterinary medicine
An American Bison (_Bison bison_), five years old and known to have
been in captivity three years died of a chronic gastroenteritis and
pulmonary parasites after many weeks of failing health. At autopsy a
double hydrosalpinx, and probably unilateral hydrometra, with low
grade cystic oöphoritis were found. A picture is reproduced. The notes
are not perfectly clear as to the anatomy but from the gross specimen
in preservative it would seem that the left uterine cornu was involved
in the dilatation (Fig. 24).
[Illustration:
FIG. 23.—PEDUNCULATED FIBROMA OF CERVIX; INTRAMURAL FIBROMA OF UTERINE
BODY; FIBROMA OF LEFT UTERINE CORNU; TUBERCULOUS SALPINGITIS AND
MURAL METRITIS RIGHT SIDE. NYLGHAIE (BOSELAPHUS TRAGOCAMELUS).
]
[Illustration:
FIG. 24.—DOUBLE HYDROSALPINX AND UNILATERAL HYDROMETRA. BISON (BISON
BISON).
]
Lion cub (_Felis leo_) had congenital cystic uterus. The only
abnormality found is in connection with the internal genitalia. The
vagina is 50 mm. long, uterus 23 mm. long, horns of uterus each 90 mm.
long. The diameter of the uterus measures 10 mm. in both body and
cornua, the latter being distended by clear watery fluid. They are
symmetrically curved downward. They show no adhesions or obliteration
of the os uteri to account for fluid retention. The probe is readily
passed from the vagina to the end of the uterine horns. Vagina is
patulous through its whole course. Ovary and tube normal.
An Axis Deer (_Cervus axis_) showed congenital hydrometra. This
specimen is from a day old animal, consists of the genitalia in which
the entire body of the uterus and both uterine cornua have been
transformed into a thin-walled translucent cystic cavity containing
clear fluid. The body of the uterus measures 15 mm. diameter, each
cornu reaching the diameter of 5 mm. The cornua are curled not unlike
ram’s horns, and are united by a line of adhesions above the body in
the midline. From the ends of the convoluted and cystic uterus and
cornua spring the normal tubes each with its ovary.
CYSTS.
Cysts have not been noticed in the lower genital canal, but it is true
that this region is not exhaustively studied in routine autopsies;
however, no large cysts have occurred there. Cysts of the ovary have
been limited to the so-called cystic disease of this organ; one
parovarian cyst has been found. These animals, two ungulates, two
carnivores and a rodent, are noted as being young adults, only one of
which was known to have borne young. In only one, the rodent, was there
evidence of chronic peritoneal disease. The notes of the parovarian cyst
case are as follows:
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