Brückmüller has noticed needles and other sharp objects in the pancreas
of the dog, determining abscess and the formation of a thick, greenish
pus in the adjacent glandular follicles. Goubaux once found a fragment
of straw in the pancreatic duct of the horse. Such conditions are not
likely to be diagnosed, but if this could be done laparotomy might be
permissible in the dog for the removal of the foreign body.