. Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine. Veterinary medicine. ACCESSORY GLANDS 01- THE GENITAL APPARAT rus. 597 ACCESSORY GLANDS OF THE GENITAL APPARATUS. (prostate, SBMINALES, COM'PEE's GLANDS.) Inflammatory or other diseases of the above glands are most fre- cjuent m enth-e animals. As a group they are uncommon, and are still ill-reeognised and ill-described, being seldom identifled except on post-mortem examination. The cause of inflammation of the prostate, of the ^'esicula! semi- nales, and of Cowper's glands is probably an ascending infection of the urethra and neighbour-
. Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine. Veterinary medicine. ACCESSORY GLANDS 01- THE GENITAL APPARAT rus. 597 ACCESSORY GLANDS OF THE GENITAL APPARATUS. (prostate, SBMINALES, COM'PEE's GLANDS.) Inflammatory or other diseases of the above glands are most fre- cjuent m enth-e animals. As a group they are uncommon, and are still ill-reeognised and ill-described, being seldom identifled except on post-mortem examination. The cause of inflammation of the prostate, of the ^'esicula! semi- nales, and of Cowper's glands is probably an ascending infection of the urethra and neighbour- ing channels, a fact which i 2 explains the comparative rarity of such conditions in castrated animals. The pathogenic germs penetrate from the urethra into the excretory ducts of the glands, obtain a lodg- ment in the cnls-de-sac of the glands themselves, and thus produce simple or sup- purative inflammation. The symptoms may easily be mistaken, to some extent at least, for those of acute cystitis or cystitis due to the presence of a cal- culus, and it is only by rectal examination that the diagnosis can be made. The first symptom is defective micturition, which occurs in jets, is intermittent and painful, and sometimes causes slight groaning. It is accompanied by vesical colic, spasmodic lifting of the hind legs, and more or less unsuccessful expulsive efforts. These symptoms are of reflex or mechanical origin, and are due either to direct compression of the urethra by an hypertrophied and inflamed gland, or to spasm of the vesical sphincter. The urine j)assed, unlike that in cases of acute cystitis or in cystitis due to calculus, is of a normal character. Eectal examination usually re- veals distention of the bladder, and hypertrophy and exceptional sen- sitiveness at certain points. If the painful and hyjpertrophied area is over the neck of the. Fig. 241.—A'iew of Cowper's glancl and of its com- pressing muscles. (After Cocu.) 1, Cowper's glancl; 2, compressing muscle ;
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