. A text book of veterinary pathology, for students and practitioners. Veterinary pathology. ?18 \'ETERJ NARV PATHOLOGY. colloid accumimilation. A flock of 128 hsalthy, yparling- sheep shipped from south central Xew ^ilexico to the Kansas City stock A'ards, were all found to have enlarged thyroid giands at the lime of slaughter, which was about 24 hours after their arrival at the stock ^•ards. The th}Toid glands were found on micro- scropic examination to be affected with pathologic colloid accum- ulation. This occurred in April, the sheep, having been sheared just previous to shipment, and th
. A text book of veterinary pathology, for students and practitioners. Veterinary pathology. ?18 \'ETERJ NARV PATHOLOGY. colloid accumimilation. A flock of 128 hsalthy, yparling- sheep shipped from south central Xew ^ilexico to the Kansas City stock A'ards, were all found to have enlarged thyroid giands at the lime of slaughter, which was about 24 hours after their arrival at the stock ^•ards. The th}Toid glands were found on micro- scropic examination to be affected with pathologic colloid accum- ulation. This occurred in April, the sheep, having been sheared just previous to shipment, and the weather having been very inclement during the entire time that they were in transit. Other entire flocks of sheep that have been unduly exposed have been ai'fected in a like Fig-, 11,,—I hutogiapli ol a th.\i.)ia aland with Colloid Degeneration. Endemic goitre in the human is indicative of an infectious^ cause though the individual cases in non-affected areas dispels the infection theory. The absence or diminished quantity of iodine in the food, water or air, may be a causative factor in the production of goitre and other colloid accummulations in the thyroid glands. Appearance.— Macroscopic.—Colloid most frequently oc- curs in masses, varying in size from mere microscopic points to bodies as large as a lead pencil rubber or even cyst like bod-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kinsley, Albert Thomas, 1877-. Chicago, A. Eger
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