A 6-year survey of tumours of dogs and cats removed surgically in private practice

All the tumours removed surgically from dogs and cats in a private practice over a period of 6 years were examined histologically. There were eight tumours of cats and 231 tumours of dogs. Of the tumours of the dog, 150 were of the skin, fifty-nine were from the mammary gland, nine were from the mouth, nine from the testes and four were from the vagina. Details of the type of tumour, the breed, age and sex of the animals are given. The subsequent history of many of the animals with malignant tumours was known and the details are given. These results are briefly discussed.
Résumé. Les auteurs ont effectué un examen histologique de toutes les tumeurs des chats et des chiens enlevées chirurgicalement dans l'espace de 6 ans en clientèle privée. Il s'agissait de 8 tumeurs de chats et de 231 tumeurs canines; parmi ces dernières, il y avait 150 atteintes cutanées, 59 tumeurs mammaires, 9 buccales, 9 testiculaires et 4 tumeurs vaginales. Les auteurs décrivent les types des tumeurs et donnent des indications sur les races, l'âge et le sexe des animaux, ainsi que sur l'évolution post-opératoire. Discussion des résultats obtenus.
Zusammenfassung. Alle Turnoren, die innerhalb eines Zeitraums von 6 Jahren in einer Privatpraxis chirurgisch entfernt wurden, wurden histologisch untersucht. Es handelte sich urn 8 Tumoren von Katzen und 231 Tumoren von Hunden. Die Tumoren der Hunde waren 150 Hauttumoren, 59 Geschwülste der Milchdrüse, 9 Maulturnoren, 9 Hodenturnoren und 4 Vaginalgeschwülste. Einzelheiten des Tumortyps und der Rasse, des Alters und des Geschlechts der Tiere werden angegeben. Die weitere Geschichte vieler der Tiere mit malignen Tumoren war bekannt, und Einzelheiten darüber werden ebenfalls angegeben. Diese Ergebnisse werden kurz besprochen.     

Efficiency of inspection procedures for the detection of tuberculous lesions in cattle

The sensitivity of the abattoir inspection procedure introduced for Australian export beef in 1976 was compared to a detailed necropsy procedure for the detection of tuberculous lesions in cattle. In a sample of cattle that were reactors to the tuberculin test, abattoir inspection failed to detect an estimated 47% of cattle with lesions. The detailed necropsy examination of cattle with lesions of tuberculosis identified 21 sites of infection compared with 13 to 18 in cattle examined by routine meat inspection procedures. Of the lesions detected during detailed necropsy, 15.9% did not involve the thoracic cavity or the medial retropharyngeal lymph nodes. The failure to detect lesions during abattoir inspection has its greatest significance in an animal with a single lesion. If the 245 cattle found with single lesions during detailed necropsy had been examined by abattoir inspection using the 1976 or the 1986 procedures, 0.8 and 8.9%, respectively, of these animals would not have been detected because the diseased tissues would not have been examined. If meat inspection is to provide an effective means of monitoring the level of bovine tuberculosis during the final stages of eradication, a procedure no less sensitive than that introduced in 1976 should be used.