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I# Va . _ rt rj.a JFV JCC, ML*. OL |. September 11, 1979 Moauato Arsdor Deg Four dog a an (ho Monsanto * roolor two-year dog feeding study have diod also tho beginning of tho itudr and the gross sad microscopic dlsgaosis has beea peritonitis. Peritonitis Is usually a rooult oI trauma as a result of oaa of the followingi . I. ..eeideatal penetration 1. Surreal Intervention y. Perforations of the gastrointestinal tract ' 4. KupBtre of abdominal ahcessos 5. Inflammation of abdominal organs Upon atop/, all,of these animals had a fluid filled abdoaea and severe flbriawus adhesions, which are evidence of a long standing condition. .eeideatal wounds sad surgery caa be eliminated as pos sible causes, and evidence of perforatioa of the gastrointestinal tract could sot be found in an/ of the cases. The mesenteric lymph nodes la all of these animals appeared to be cystic, perhaps the result of a previous ahesss. t In light of the above findings, ths most liksi, course of the peri tonitis is an acutJ Inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract which spread to ths mesenteric lymph nodes. In which ahcessos formed. These abcesses later ruptured into the abdominal cavity, causing ths psritonitis which caused stead> deterioration of the animals, finally leading to tneir deaths. Because of the length of Infection, a large am-junt of fibrous organisetlc.i recurred La the peritoneal cavity. JFVrdb J. *. Vondrueka 004216 STLCOPCB4030781