56 notes on fowl enteritis 



Results : — 



The inoculated rabbit sickened on the 4th day, became 



worse on the 5th, and on the 7th day it died in a 



very poor condition. 

 The fed rabbit sickened on the 5th morni«g, became 



worse in the afternoon, and died in good condition 



the same evening. 

 P.M. examination in both cases positive. 

 Microscopical examination of the blood from the liver 



showed only a relatively few bacilli. 



INFECTION REMAINING IN CAGES USED PRE- 

 VIOUSLY FOR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES 



Case I.— A healthy rabbit was placed in a cage which had 

 not been used for over 6 weeks. 



Result : — On the 7th day it was found dead. 

 P.M. and microscopical examination showed that it had died 

 from " fowl enteritis," evidently contracted in this cage. 

 Case II. — About a week afterwards, another rabbit was found 

 dead in a cage which had been used for experimental purposes. 

 P.M. and microscopical examination proved that this rabbit 

 had died from " foAvl enteritis." 



NOTES ON A RECENT OUTBREAK OF " FOWL 

 ENTERITIS." 



My friend Mr. Norton, who is ever ready to assist in the 

 advancement of science, came to my laboratory in the latter end 

 of last month (November), and informed me that he believed he 

 had got chicken cholera amongst his fowls. He said that, as he 

 h?^d lost a good many, it might be worth w^hile for me to examine 

 some of the next birds that died. 



On November 30th last, Mr. Norton brought to the laboratory 

 a fowl which had only been dead a few hours. 



On post mortem examination I found the usual characteristic 

 appearances of "fowl enteritis," namely: Spleen enormously 

 enlarged, but not congested or friable ; the liver was much 

 enlarged, but light in colour ; the lungs were perfectly normal ; 

 and the heart was filled with coagulated blood ; the mucous 



