FOREIGN-BODY CAUSED ENDOMETRITIS IN A COW

Uterus, uterine tubes, and ovaries of a cow were obtained from the loc al abattoir. Post-mortem findings indicate a subacute to chronic endom etritis, caused by a cigarette-lighter found in utero. The uterine muc osa, covered with mucopurulent secretions, was focally stained black b y sulfhemoglobin. Regressed corpora lutea of different sizes and the a bsence of macroscopically visible tertiary follicles indicate irregula rities of the estrous cycle.