PLATE XLIV.
NORMAL SPLEEN AND SPLEEN AFFECTED BY TEXAS FEVER.
Fig. 1. Spleen of an Acute, Fatal Case of Texas Fever.
Fig. 2. Spleen of Healthy Steer.

Plate XLIV. Normal spleen and spleen affected by Texas fever.

Fig. 1. Spleen of an acute, fatal case of Texas fever. The narrow end of the spleen is here represented.

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Fig. 2. Spleen of healthy steer. Though the latter animal weighed one-half more than the former, the weight of the diseased spleen (6-7/8 pounds) was nearly three times that of the healthy spleen (2-3/8 pounds).