A TUBERCULOUS HERD. 
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adherent to it and a mass of tuberculosis, a few nodules in the 
posterior lobe of the right lung, a few tubercles scattered 
through the left lung, deposits in the mediastinal and cardiac 
glands, and a few nodules in the liver, and one just commencing 
to develop in the omentum. There was also tuberculosis of the 
mucous surface of the uterus. 
A diagnosis of tuberculosis had been made on this cow on 
two previous occasions. 
Tag No. 48.—Grade Ayrshire cow, red and white, ten years 
old, emaciated. Temperature 101.4 0 F. 2^2 cc. of the 
tuberculin solution used. 
March 8th.— 1 A. M. Temperature ioi.i°F. 
4 
A. 
M. 
< < 
ioo.6° 
44 
; 
A. 
M. 
< < 
104.2 0 
4 4 
10 
A. 
M. 
< < 
105.3 0 
4 4 
1 
P. 
M. 
< < 
95-5 
4 4 
On the afternoon of March 8th she gave out on the road to 
the fertilizer factory, and was killed and taken the rest of the 
way on a sled ; the autopsy was held March 9th. Post-mortem 
examination showed tuberculosis of the costal pleurae with, 
adhesions of the lungs to the thoracic walls, the right lung ex¬ 
tensively diseased, and the left one slightly involved. 
A diagnosis of tuberculosis was made on this cow at two 
previous inspections. 
Tag. No. 69.—Big spotted cow, grade shorthorn, fourteen years 
old, in pretty fair order, best of any in the herd. Temper- 
ature 101.5 0 F. 3 
cc. 
of the tuberculin solution used. 
March 8th.—1 
A. 
M. 
Temperature 
ioi° F. 
4 
A. 
M. 
< < 
100.3 0 “ 
7 
A. 
M. 
< < 
101.2° “ 
10 
A. 
M. 
( i 
102° “ 
1 
P. 
M. 
i < 
100.5° “ 
March 10th killed.—Autopsy showed only a little extrav- 
sation at the point of inoculation, otherwise she was healthy, 
the only adult in the herd to have stood the siege without 
surrendering. 
