8 THE INDIAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY SCIENCE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY [ III, I
CASE REPORT NO. 7.
Liver, lung, spleen and mesenteric gland, collected from mule No. 10, 2nd
Indian Divisional Signals, Quetta, were received on 28th November 1929.
Veterinary History Sheet.
Dark Brown Gold Mule No. 10.
|
Date of |
Date of |
Number of |
Disease. |
Result. |
|
17-5-24 |
10-7-24 |
54 |
Debility ..... |
Duty. |
|
22-6-25 |
30-6-25 |
8 |
Ulcer, Bursati .... |
Duty. |
|
30-5-27 |
6-8-27 |
68 |
Ulcer, Bursati .... |
Duty. |
|
15-11-27 |
5-12-27 |
20 |
R. eye Pedal Ostitis O. F. . |
Duty. |
|
27-9-29 |
18-11-29 |
52 |
Entozoa ..... |
.. |
For the last two years of its life, this mule had been in poor condition, no
muscles on back, pot-bellied, with obvious signs of ascites. During training that
year he proved to be of no use. Being unable to do his work he was admitted to the
Veterinary Hospital and treated for Entozoa, although no eggs or parasites were
found on fæcal examination. He was destroyed on 22nd November 1929 and
the post-mortem examination showed the following lesions :—
Serous flocculent fluid in the abdominal cavity. Liver cirrhotic, greatly
enlarged, weighing 31 lbs. and almost white in colour and permeated with hard
nodules. Lungs and spleen were in a similar condition. Blood from the portal
vein was examined but no schistosomes were found.
Histological examination showed the lungs and liver to be studded with very
numerous calcified nodules varying from the size of a pinhead to that of a pea.
Spleen also showed a few such nodules with areas of infarction, the last mentioned
lesion being probably connected with embolism from the same cause as of the
lungs and liver lesions.
CASE REPORT NO. 8.
Liver, lung, small colon and mesenteric lymph gland were received from
Military Hospital, Jubbulpore, on 7th March 1932.
The subject was a Bay Australian Mare—12 years old. Joined " G " Divi-
sional Signals on 8th August 1926 and was stationed at Jubbulpore and Secundera-