Tuberculosis of the Female Genitalia 



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Vulvar tuberculosis is evidently a very dangerous type for 

 the bull. In my second case, the cow had been bred only a 

 few days before my examination to the herd bull, valued at 

 more than ten thousand dollars. Fortunately he escaped 

 infection. 



Fig. ii2— Sagittal Section, of Fig. in. 

 Os, Os uteri externum ; C, cervical canal ; Tb tubercles in lip of os uteri : 

 A, A t tubercular abscesses. 



The importance of genital tuberculosis in cattle calls for 

 much greater interest upon the part of the veterinarian. 

 In dairies and pedigreed breeding herds, tubercular uterine 

 catarrh is one of the most dangerous and repulsive types of 

 tuberculosis. The search is generally limited to the tuber- 

 culin test, which too often fails to detect the disease. The 

 cow whose uterus is shown in Fig. 94 belonged in a small, 



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