On the morning of Dec. 23, 1940, the author was summoned to see a four year old Holstein cow. The owner said she had become ill the previous day

Kufrin, R. S.

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On the morning of Dec. 23, 1940, the author was summoned to see a four year old Holstein cow. The owner said she had become ill the previous day.</p

Kufrin, R.

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the swelling neither increased nor de-creased. It was decided that the animal would be operated on the 11th of February. An ounce and one-half of chloral hydrate in 2 percent solution was given as a basal narcotic by way of a stomach tube. The horse was placed on the operating table, the emphysematous area shaved, and tinc-ture of iodine was applied. The area of swelling extended from the base of the ear to the throat region. The skin and underlying tissues in the area of intended incision were locally anesthetized with 2 percent procaine. A skin incision was made so that the parotid gland and pos-terior auricular vein were exposed. The guttural pouch protruded because it was distended with air. The vein was ligated with No. 18 black silk suture. The sur-geon then took a 14 gauge needle and in-serted it into the guttural pouch. The swelling immediately disappeared as the air rushed out of the pouch. The opening into the pouch was made larger in attempt to locate the opening into the pharynx. Not being able to find the opening, the surgeon placed a mouth speculum on the animal and located the opening by passing a Gunther's catheter through the left nos-tril into the pharyngeal orifice of the eustachian tube. The mucous membrane around this opening was removed by cutting and tearing on the lateral side of the wall of the pharynx. This was done in an attempt to set up a proliferation of con-nective tissue which would completely occlude the opening of the eustachian tube into the pharynx, and thus stop the emphysema. Two sutures of No.4 catgut were then used to close the opening of the eustachian tube into the guttural pouch. Eight gauze packs, saturated with 10 per-cent copper sulfate solution, were placed in the guttural pouch to destroy the mu-cous membrane favoring adhesions and occluding the entire guttural pouch. Ten interrupted sutures were then made with No.4 catgut, leaving an opening so the packs could be withdrawn in 24 hours. The skin incision was sutured with No. 18 black silk suture, the animal removed from the table, and returned to its stall. The next day the copper sulfate packs were removed. Potassium permanganate (1-3000) was used to irrigate the wound. Boric acid and urea were applied topic-ally as a dusting powder. Petrolatum was used around the wound to facilitate re-moval of the exudate. This was the routine treatment. The horse's pulse, respiration and temperature deviated very little from normal at any time. In sixteen days the wound was almost completely closed, and very little exudate came from within. At different times during the adminis-tration of potassium permanganate solu-tion by means of a bulb syringe, the solu-tion could be seen trickling out of the left nostril in small amounts. This showed that the opening into the pharynx was not completely closed. All treatment was stopped on the 13th of March. He was apparently healed, as there was no evidence of an enlargement other than that caused by scar tissue where the wound healed. The surgeon was to hear from the care-taker should the condition recur. To this date he has had no report. -George H. Gitz, '42 I9l Ruptured Spleen. On the morn-~ ing of Dec. 23, 1940, the author waF summoned to see a four year old Hol-stein cow. The owner said she had be-come ill the previous day. The history was that she had gone off feed the night before, her milk flow had decreased considerably, and she was list-less and weak. The temperature was 107.4 0, pulse 92, respirations were in-creased, labored, and abdominal in type. An exudate was noted at the nostrils, the cow was coughing, and had a slight di-arrhea. On auscultation of the lungs, moist rales were heard. A diagnosis of pneu-monia was made. The cow was given 125 cc. of N eoprontisil. Another cow with similar symptoms had suddenly died that night and the cadaver was sent to the rendering plant. It was then decided to go to the rendering works and perform an autopsy on the The Veterinary Student I-~- --I 64,000 U. S. P UNITS VITAMIN D TO THE POUND Codliver Oil Iodine Irradiated Yeast Cultured Yeast Calcium and Phosphorus Dispensed exclusively through the Veterinary Profession for more than 20 YEARS VIT AMINERAL PRODUCTS CO. Peoria, lllinois I~--------------cadaver. If this cow showed pneumonia, necessary precautions should be taken to protect the other cattle. When the skinner removed the skin it was noted the subcutaneous tissues and muscles were decidedly anemic. The ribs and abdominal muscles were removed and the lungs were white. The heart seem-ed normal in every way, except that the chambers were empty. The rumen showed nothing unusual, and when the spleen was removed a tear was noted on the posterior border of the visceral surface about six inches from the ventral extremity. A coagulated mass of blood was found around the abdominal viscera. There was no connection between the death of this animal and the one that was sick. It was decided that vaccination of the herd against pneumonia was not necessary unless other animals became ill. The cow with acute respiratory dis-turbance made an uneventful recovery in a few days. -R. s. Kujrin, '41 SjJring- -I9.J T Milk hygiene is in its infancy. Two or more decades ago there were no regula-tions at all in many places and any per-son or farmer with two or more cows and a bucket was allowed to call himself a dairyman and could peddle milk to any-one willing to buy it. Work at several state experiment sta-tions, at the agricultural research center, and regional poultry laboratories indi-cates that genetic resistance to the fowl paralysis complex exists in many strains of poultry. Although not so rated (as yet), diseas-es of domestic animals are agriculture's greatest problem and using veterinary science to the best advantage is its great-est obligation. An important project of the profession is improving its public re-lations to such an extent that its place in national economics will be more gen-erally understood. I39 

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