This is a common seat of tubercle in generalized tuberculosis in cattle,
and may give rise to the same urinary troubles as chronic prostatitis or
hypertrophy of the organ. In a remarkable case recorded by Frauenholz
the tuberculous prostate of an ox weighed 10½ lbs. and had contracted
adhesions to surrounding pelvic organs. Section of the mass showed
numerous centres of extensive caseous degeneration. In such cases the
generalized tuberculosis is the important fact and the prostatic disease
is only an unusually intractable complication. If less generalized, the
implication of the testicle or epididymus is strongly suggestive, and
examination of the urine may detect the tubercle bacillus, or the
tuberculin test may develop the characteristic febrile reaction.