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that they play any part, except perhaps a secondary one, in the causation 

 of " Grouse Disease." 



TABLE VI. — Showing that the Presence of Davainea in the Intestine 



IS NOT related to THE PRESENCE OF BACILLI'S COLI IN THE LiVER. 



B. enl.=B. pntei-itidis. 



In the above tallies the birds are arranged in order, according to the number of tape- 

 worms present. When two or more birds had the same nnmber of these worms they are 

 arranged according to the number of Strongyli. 



Three Grouse chicks, reared at Frimley and experimentally fed on coccidia 

 by Dr Wilson, were examined by cultures for the presence of 

 intestinal organisms in their organs. 



The first (B. 15. Hatched 28.6.09. Feeces examined and 

 no spores of coccidia found. Fed twice on 9.7.09 and 17.7.09 with 

 fgeces from other birds containing spores of coccidia. Killed 6.8.09) 

 was very ill and extremely emaciated when received, and was 

 killed and examined immediately. An organism of the Bacillus enteritidis 

 type was found in the liver, but not in the other organs. No worms of any 



The rela- 

 tion of 

 Bacillus 

 coli iu tlie 

 liver to 

 Coccidiosis 

 of the in- 

 testine. 



