Studies on tuberculosis in buffalo carcasses

4050 carcasses of na tive buffaloes were, -exami.ned –tE r : _~-:;,1secure in forma tien about: 1,----•• . - - - .. , --- ----,-!t .. \ ~L - if•”-”• I~ -’. ~Incidence percen ta~e of tuberculosis, dis tr ibtition -of’-~--’- _. __ .. :tuberc~e bacilli in meat and viscera of affected carcasses,presence of viable baci.lli in drainage areas of apparentlynormal lymph nodes, and the status of the routine judgement ~~9applied in U.~.R. abattoirs.4,50 carcasses wer-e found to be affected wi th tuberculosis(~l~l%) ; o~t of which 405 earcasses (90%) were affected withlocalized form, while the remaining 45 carcasses (10%) wer~affeQted with gen~ralized tuberculosis.~e majo:rivy of localized tube;rculosis were found to belocali~ed in, the bronchial lymph node or’ aaaoc fa ted wi tl+ lup~infec t:f..on.The frequency of distrib~tion of diffe~ent forms oftuberculosis b~sed on the condition of affected carcasses24 Thirty nine poults (48.7 percent) of the ino-culated birds showed clinical signs in the form ofdepression, dullness, listlessness, ruffling of fea-thers and droopiness of wings together with mouthbreathing, rales and intermittent gasping. Fourteenbirds of them showed additional leg weakness and saton their hocks9 one poult showed tremors in the musclesof the legs.3. All birds which showed clinical signs developedpreCipitating antibodies against avian adenovirus type 1.Furthermore, 9 poults showed no clinical signs but dev-eloped precipitating antibodies. While 32 poults showedneither clinical signs nor developed detectable pre-cipitating antibod~:so