. Common diseases of farm animals. Veterinary medicine. TUBERCULOSIS 289 several times larger tluin iiorinal and tlie liver and lungs greatly enlarged. The pleura and peritoneum may bo thickened and covered with tubercles about the size of a millet seed, or larger. Pleural and peritoneal adhesions to the organs within the body cavities are common. The tubercle usually undergoes a cheesy degeneration. Old tubercles may become hard and calcareous. Sometimes the cap- sule of the tubercle is filled with pus. A yellowish, cheesy. Fig. 92.—a section of the chest wall of a tubercular cow showing a be
. Common diseases of farm animals. Veterinary medicine. TUBERCULOSIS 289 several times larger tluin iiorinal and tlie liver and lungs greatly enlarged. The pleura and peritoneum may bo thickened and covered with tubercles about the size of a millet seed, or larger. Pleural and peritoneal adhesions to the organs within the body cavities are common. The tubercle usually undergoes a cheesy degeneration. Old tubercles may become hard and calcareous. Sometimes the cap- sule of the tubercle is filled with pus. A yellowish, cheesy. Fig. 92.—a section of the chest wall of a tubercular cow showing a better view of the diseased tissue. material within the capsule of the tubercular nodule or mass is typical of the disease. The Tuberculin Test.—The only certain method of recogniz- ing tuberculosis is by this test. There is no other method of recognizing this disease that is more accurate than the above test. The substance used in testing animals for tuberculosis is a laboratory product. It is a germ-free fluid prepared by growing the tubercle bacillus in cultiu'e medium (bouillon) until charged 19. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Craig, Robert Alexander, 1872-. Philadelphia London, J. B. Lippincott company
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