ABSTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
ENGLISH REVIEW. 
By Prof. A. Liautard, M.D., V.M. 
Tuberculosis in the Dog [E. Wallis Hoare, F.R.C.V.S.]. 
—The subject was an Irish setter dog, aged 15 months. Pur¬ 
chased when 5 months old; lie then was in poor condition and 
looked unhealthy. But with good care and liberal feeding he im¬ 
proved slowly. After some ten months his condition changed— 
he had capricious appetite, quick respiration, and though with no 
cough he rapidly lost flesh. When seen by the writer he looked 
poor, with respiration accelerated, marked heaving of the flanks, 
abdominal breathing. On percussion the right side was com¬ 
pletely dull and on auscultation there was complete loss of re¬ 
spiratory murmur. The left side presented the same signs, but 
far less marked. Cardiac sounds were indistinct and cardiac im¬ 
pulse weak. There was some ascitis, but no cough or nasal dis¬ 
charge. A diagnosis was made of pleurisy with affusion, prob¬ 
ably tubercular. The dog died before tuherculine test could be ap¬ 
plied. At the post mortem an enormous amount of fluid was 
found in the thorax. The right lung was pressed against the ver¬ 
tebral column and collapsed. Costal pleura of both sides in¬ 
flamed and with very small tubercles. The examination made of 
the sticky, frothy exudate, which filled some of the bronchial 
tubes, revealed the presence of numerous free tubercle bacilli; 
readily recognized by microscopic examination and staining with 
Ziehl-Neelsen.— (Vet. Record.) 
Chondroids in the Guttural Pouches [S. N. Woodzmrd, 
M.R.C.V.S.]. —Seven-year-old cob had a swollen throat. He had 
lost appetite and taken no food lately. The swelling extends over 
'both parotids and under the throat. It is firm and hard. The 
temperature is normal, pulse weak and thready; a marked jugular 
pulse is present. Inability to swallow is accompanied with re¬ 
turn of water by nostrils in the attempt at drinking. Thick nasal 
discharge. Exploration with trocar through the parotids brings 
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