. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. oea may sometimesbe present in severe constipation; this is due to the mass lying in a sacor pouch in the intestine, the firmer material gradually accumulating andthe fluid faeces passing over the collected mass. Long continued consti- OBSTIPATION 67 pation (coprostasis) may cause infection of the blood from absorption,of the fsecal matter, enteritis, mortification, peritonitis and death. Symptoms of Obstruction of the Intestines.—In complete occlusionof the intestines, due to foreign bodies, invagination or tortion, theanimal is irritable and cross a
. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. oea may sometimesbe present in severe constipation; this is due to the mass lying in a sacor pouch in the intestine, the firmer material gradually accumulating andthe fluid faeces passing over the collected mass. Long continued consti- OBSTIPATION 67 pation (coprostasis) may cause infection of the blood from absorption,of the fsecal matter, enteritis, mortification, peritonitis and death. Symptoms of Obstruction of the Intestines.—In complete occlusionof the intestines, due to foreign bodies, invagination or tortion, theanimal is irritable and cross and Trasbot has seen cases where the animalshowed symptoms very similar to rabies or where it may present theother extreme, being dull and indifferent to the surroundings, refusingall food, but showing great thirst, with no passage of faeces rectal temperature is slightly increased, the lower portion of theabdomen is inflated with gas and very painful, even on the slightestpressure; in some cases we may find decided Fig. 28.—Dog with obstruction of the intestines. The vomiting is constant and very severe, particularly in the laterstages of the disease, the animal vomiting whenever it drinks any first the vomited matter is normal, but later on it assumes a greenishcolor (bile) and finally putrid, containing pieces of faecal matter. By examining the abdominal region with the hand we can generallylocate the obstruction, which is hard and exceedingly painful on swelling can be moved about showing it to be part of the intestine. In ordinary cases of constriction of the intestines, no definite prog-nosis can be made with any degree of certainty as to its course andduration. The constriction of the intestine may go on gradually and notcause any serious symptoms for a long time, or it may progress veryrapidly and cause a complete constriction in two or three weeks. Where C8 DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE APPARATUS the condition continues for s
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