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to October 1907, no case of bovine tu- 

 berculosis has been recorded, altho' more 

 or less 40.000 animals per annum are 

 dealt with. 



Dr. M. Ortigosa, Official Inspector o 

 Carcases at the Salting Establishment of 

 Santa Adelaida, has made a similar re- 

 port, altho' he cannot give the figures, 

 he asserts, to his own knowing and in a 

 direct manner, that tuberculosis only 

 exists in selected herds of the Depart- 

 ment of Gualeguay (Province of Entre 

 Rios), altho, it is not greatly disseminated 

 when, he can say that of 700 animals re- 

 cently inspected he did not find a sim- 

 ple case of tuberculosis. 



To conclude this part concerning im- 

 munity in respect of age ot cattle, suffice 

 it to call attention to the feet that tuber- 

 culosis increases iwth the age of the 

 animals, as is the case in our rural dai- 

 ries and in the town dairies of all the 

 cities o the world. This natural law must 

 not be doubted on the score that it has 



