This condition is met with in the female mammals of all species and
mainly as the result of an infection extending from diseased womb or
ovary. The results are degeneration of the epithelium, exudation into
the mucosa with thickening, stenosis of the tubes, the formation of
cysts along the line of the canal, with pink or straw colored contents,
including fibrine, leucocytes, epithelium and granular debris. As in
oöphoritis there may be blood extravasations and clots and abscess. In
the cow they are at times calcified and create a suspicion of
tuberculosis.
The _symptoms_ are essentially those of metritis or ovaritis, and as
these are usually more prominent the attendant salpingitis is generally
overlooked during life. Careful rectal examination may detect the
enlarged, tender or sacculated tubes. _Treatment_ may be laxative,
diuretic, derivative, and antiseptic toward the womb. Ablation of the
ovaries, tubes and even the womb is often required.