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Genera affected. It is stated that all species are sometimes 
attacked. Tuberculosis in the horse is rare, although a total of many 
cases have been reported. Bang has collected twenty-nine cases. 
In Saxony .08 per cent. of the horses (3,500) that were slaughtered 
were tuberculous. In this and most countries there are no reliable 
Fic. 41. LUNG OF HORSE CONTAINING TUBERCLES (a). 
statistics respecting the extent of the disease in this species. M’Fad- 
yean has pointed out the fact that in a considerable number of cases of 
equine tuberculosis, where the horses have been fed milk from tuber- 
culous cows, the morbid anatomy differs but slightly from that in 
tuberculous cattle. Recently several authors have reported isolated 
cases in Europe. In this country horses are practically free from it. 
We have seen but one case. 
Sheep and other domestic animals are reported to suffer more or less 
extensively from this disease. All of the so-called tuberculosis in 
