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regard the buffalo as being somewhat more susceptible to tuberculosis infection
than the cow. These facts would seem to indicate that the incidence of the disease
in buffaloes under natural conditions is likely to be higher than in cattle, although
such cases have hitherto remained unrecorded owing to the general ignorance of
stock-owners and the difficulty of arranging post-mortem examinations particularly
in aged buffaloes under field conditions.

In view of the very striking paucity of records concerning natural clinical
cases of tuberculosis in buffaloes, the following observations made by the present
writer in 1922 upon a case of generalised tuberculosis in this species may be of
interest.

The subject was a Jafferbadi buffalo-cow aged 9 years. She was purchased by
the owner about 4 years previously from a Gowli who was residing in Poona City.
When bought, she was yielding eleven seers of milk and was in a very good
condition. When dry, she used to be sent to Rahatani, a village 10 miles away from
the Poona City for grazing.

She calved normally about the beginning of December 1921. A few days later
she contracted Foot and Mouth disease and recovered but after that she was noticed
to be losing her condition. On the 29th December 1921 she was off feed, had
constipation and was brought to the Poona City Veterinary Hospital on the 2nd
January 1922, for treatment as an out-patient, when she was found suffering
from diarrhœa and profuse salivation. From this date until the 11th
January 1922 her temperature fluctuated between 102°F. and 104°F. and the treat-
ment given in the hospital could not stop the symptoms noticed on the first day. At
the desire of the owner, the treatment was discontinued from the 12th January
1922 to 22nd February 1922.

On the 22nd February 1922 she was brought to the Bamburda Veterinary
Hospital, Poona, as an in-patient. She was then in a very poor condition, with
loose bowels, short husky cough, impaired appetite, pale mucous membranes and
accelerated respiration. She was here suspected for tuberculosis, but on account
of unsteady temperature, no opportunity was afforded for the carrying out the
tuberculin test. As a result of the treatment the faeces improved in consistency,
but in spite of every treatment the animal steadily lost condition and finally died
in a sitting position on the 7th March 1922.

The post-mortem examination resulted in a number of interesting findings. The
muscles were wasted and there was little intramuscular fat, The blood was quite
thin and watery. The lungs appeared completely to fill the thoracic-cavity ; they
were so enormously enlarged that they looked as if they were artificially inflated.
The left lung adhered posteriorly to the chest wall and weighed 28 lb. 6 oz. The