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Journal of Agricultural Research 



Vol. V. No. 7 



Table X. — Results of feeding ether-extracted cotton seed kernels (feed 316) to rabbits — 



Continued 



PART 3 



937 



951 (first period )& 

 951 (second pe- 

 riod) b 



957. 



Guinea pig B 



(first period)^. . . 



960 



969 



981 



985 



Lived. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Chloro- 

 formed. 



Lived. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



a Feed percolated only with ether. 



b Rabbit 951 and guinea pig B were fed for two separate periods, there being a rest of two weeks between 

 the two periods. 



Rabbits 939, 938, 936, and 940. — The post-mortem examination showed symptoms 

 resembling cottonseed-meal poisoning. 



Rabbit 935. — When this animal had recovered from the effects of the incompletely- 

 extracted kernels, it weighed 1,030 gm. It ate 647 gm. in 49 days and then weighed 

 1,600 gm. It died on the seventy-fifth da)^ showing symptoms other than those 

 common to cottonseed-meal poisoning. 



Rabbit 937. — Slightly off its feed in the middle of the experiment, but was in per- 

 fect condition when this feed was discontinued. 



Rabbit 952. — Post-mortem examination showed a small amount of excess abdominal 

 fluid and the small intestines considerably congested. Death due to enteritis. Symp- 

 toms of cottonseed-meal poisoning. 



Rabbit 951 (first period). — Kept in good condition most of the time. 



Rabbit 951 (second period). — Somewhat affected by feed. Ate but lightly at end. 



Rabbit 947. — About 40 c. c. excess serous fluid in abdominal cavity. Considera- 

 ble necrosis had set up. 



Rabbit 957. — Perfectly well at the end of the experiment and remained so during 

 the subsequent three weeks. It acquired no "immunity" toward cottonseed poison- 

 ing, however. See data on rabbit 957 on feed 290. 



Rabbit 958. — Put on this feed after being made sick on unextracted kernels (feed 

 290). Post-mortem examination showed about 15 c. c. excess serous fluid in abdomen; 

 small intestines markedly injected with slight hemorrhagic areas; liver congested; 

 large abscess in submaxillary lymphatic glands. 



Rabbit 959. — Began to be affected on the forty-seventh day, having gained up to 

 this date. The post-mortem examination showed excess bloody serum in abdominal 

 cavity; large amount of serum present with coagulated fibrin; serous membranes con- 

 gested. 



