EXPERIMENTAL TUBERCULOSIS IN THE GOAT. 



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On the 29th July, 1892, a third goat was subcutaneously and intra- 

 peritoneally inoculated with tuberculous material from a horse. It 

 remained in good condition until October. From that time it began 

 .to lose condition, and in spite of its appetite remaining good, wasting 



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gradually became more marked until death occurred on the 6th April, 

 1893. The autopsy revealed somewhat extensive lesions. 



On opening the abdominal cavity a quantity of greyish liquid, 

 holding in suspension fibrinous flocculi, escaped. The parietal and 

 visceral peritoneum was covered with fine granulations and tubercles, 

 some the size of a hazel nut. The lesions were confluent over the 

 entire extent of the epiploon, and in the portions of the peritoneum 

 covering the lower wall of the abdomen, diaphragm, and rumen. The 



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