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The following post-mortem appearances were recorded in a case of 

 pure infection with Theileria parva — 



Post-mortem examination of Heifer No. 683, 21st March, 1909. 

 Age : Two years. 

 Interim : Five hours after death. 

 Condition : Fair. 

 Blood : Not coagulated. 

 Subcutaneous tissue : Yellow infiltration. 

 Fat : Yellowish m colour. 

 Mediastimum : A few small haemorrhages. 

 Pericardium : Empty. 

 Lungs : In inspirium ; pleura whitish ; both anterior lobes and lower 



half of middle lobe pneumonia, Stad. 11. 

 Bronchi : White mucus. 



Pharynx : Slight hyperaemia ; some pus in right tonsillae. 

 Heart : Left endocard yellowish, left ventricle contains blood coagu- 

 lated. 

 Right endocard yellowish, right ventricle contains blood coagu- 

 lated. 

 Myocard soft. 

 Eficard yellowish. 



Liver : Enlarged, 45 x 35 cm., swollen, brown yellowish discolora- 

 tion on section ; oedema ; infarcts. Bile thick, dark green. 



Spleen : 42 x 16 cm. In ligamentum gastro lienale a haematome 

 surrounded by fibrous tissue. 



Stomach : Abomasum liquid contents, folds swollen. Mucosae slight 

 oedema and hyperaemia. 



Small intestines : Jejunum black discoloration, cross striped. Ileum 

 whitish mucus and a few hyperaemic patches. 



Large intestines : Caecum contracted, folded, slate colour. Valvula 

 ileo caecalis discoloured. 



Colon : Folded and black discoloration. 



Kidneys : A few small infracts the size of a pea ; capsula easily 

 detached and oedematous infiltration. 



Internal lymphatic glands : Swollen and hyperaemic ; white spots in 

 sinus. 



Skull : Brain slight injection of pia. 



Marrow of hones : Femur epiphysis soft, oedema and hyperaemic spots. 



Ribs : Red, bone marrow, soft. 



In the majority of cases lesions resembling infarcts are found in the 

 kidneys and sometimes in the liver. They are specific for East Coast 

 fever. In the kidney they may be detected on inspection of the surface 

 of this organ as regular shaped areas or spots, their colour varying from 

 red to white. If recent usually projecting above the surface and 



