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M. ARLOING. 
At Mantauban, according to M. Bayrou, in a period of 6 \ 
years, in 15,483 cattle slaughtered there were noted 63 (4 07 
per 1000) attacked with general tuberculosis. Those affected 
with local tuberculosis have not been counted. At Lyons, out 
of 50,000 oxen, there are encountered about 50 (1 per 1000) 
cases of tuberculosis. 
At Paris, in 1882, out of 260,000 adult cattle there were 
seized only 11, and 684 others suffering from local tuberculosis 
were passed. The proportion, counting all the cases, is 2.60 
per 1000. The statistics collected by M. Villain at the abat¬ 
toirs of Viilette and Grenelle give a proportion of 6 per 1000; 
out of 500,000 cattle slaughtered annually in the Parisian abat¬ 
toirs there are thus 3,000 tuberculous in different degrees of 
the affection. Paris receives over 40 million kilogrammes of 
meat annually, yielded by about 100,000 animals; for this last 
series the proportion is certainly 10 per 1000. 
At the abattoir of Lille the proportion of tuberculous 
adults has been 1.05 per 1000 in 1882 and 1883 (Vittu), 
At the slaughter house of Melun, during the four years 
from 1884 to 1888, the proportion of tuberculous subjects has 
been 4.31 per 1000, in 5,766 animals (Barrier). 
At Cambrai M. Cartier has observed during eight years 5 
cases of tuberculosis in 1000 cattle slaughtered. 
According to a note by M. Moret of Troyes, the statistics 
taken frorh 1st October, 1884, to 28th February, 1889, (4 years 
and 5 months) show that tuberculosis was observed in 4 oxen, 
8 bulls and 299 cows (total, 311 cattle), out of 2,000 oxen and 
bulls and 21,000 cows (23,000 animals slaughtered), which gives 
a proportion of 14.5 per 1000. Specific tubercles have been 
observed on a single calf, which was 3 months old (44,000 
slaughtered). 
At Saint Etienne, out of 12,978 cattle which he had exam¬ 
ined in 1888, M. Labully has ordered the total seizure of 25 
tuberculous subjects and the partial seizure of 35 others, giving 
a proportion of 5 per 1000. 
From these figures, it results that one may estimate the 
proportion of tuberculous subjects among the adult cattle of 
France at 5 per 1000. 
