Contagious foot-rot in sheep / by G.T. Brown.

  • George Thomas Brown
Date:
1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Contagious foot-rot in sheep / by G.T. Brown. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    <listinctly in Figs. 6 and 7 ; and in the next illustration (Fig. 8) a small portion of the diseased membrane has been hardened and cut into fine sections, one of which is shown, exhibiting very distinct horn structure. In reference to the changes which are illustrated in the last three drawings, it may be remarked that similar changes are how Flu. 5.—Scraping from fungoid growths. a, a, Epithelial or horn cells, magnified 200 diam. b,b, Micro-organism?, magnified 1,000 diam. and^then seen in other inflammatory diseases of the foot of the sheep, also in foul in the foot of the ox, and in canker in the foot of the horse. It is therefore necessary to lay stress on the statement that the really definite signs of contagious foot-rot are most perfectly seen in the earlier stages of the disease. Evidence of the Contagious Character of Foot-Rot. Different opinions are held as to foot-rot in any form being contagious. Most flockmasters believe that it. is,
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