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recent lesions. Could a large number of cases of advanced tuberculosis 

 in both species be compared, the differences would probably be less 

 marked. 



The macroscopic and microscopic characters of tuberculous lesions 



Fig. 21. — Tuberculous pneumonia. Section through the right lung 

 showing cavernous spaces. 



Fig. 22. — Tuberculosis of the tracheo-bronchial and mediastinal glands. 



in the cat are very similar to those in the dog. The lungs show recent 

 greyish granulations of homogeneous consistence, tubercles with softened 

 purulent centres, yellowish-grey areas formed of agglomerations of 

 tubercle, and more rarely diffuse chronic pneumonia with formation of 



