thelitis

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thelitis

(θɪˈlaɪtɪs)

an inflammation or swelling of the nipple or teat

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lepromatosis from Cows with Bovine Nodular Thelitis

December 2014: Zoonoses

Table 1: Teat canal affections diagnosed by theloscopy Teat canal affections Cow Buffalo Goat Hard milker 1 - - (contracted sphincter) Narrow streak canal 2 - - Membranous obstruction 1 - - Streak canal injury 7 8 2 Teat canal fibrosis - 2 - Nodular protrusion 1 1 2 Free milker/ teat leaker 1 - - (loose sphincter) Sloughed mucus 5 4 2 membrane of teat cistern in thelitis teat.

Theloscopic Diagnosis and Management of Milk Flow Disorders in Ruminants

###Freshly prepared daub is used in cases of thelitis, dermatitis, decubital wounds and ripened abscess.

ETHNO-VETERINARY ZOO-THERAPIES AND OCCULT PRACTICES IN GREATER CHOLISTAN DESERT (PAKISTAN)

Bovine nodular thelitis is a chronic and enzootic cutaneous disease that was first described in France in 1963 and then in Japan and Switzerland (2-4).

Mycobacterium species related to M. leprae and M. lepromatosis from cows with bovine nodular thelitis

(2000) reported obstructive thelitis in buffaloes, culture of milk samples from these animals did not revealed any pathogenic bacteria.