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streptococcus also pathogenic to rabbits, mice, pigeons, and dogs; and 

 another among domestic birds caused by the spirillum of Metchnikoff 

 (see under spirilla). Another contagious disease of chickens with 

 the characteristics of a septicemia has been observed in Lombardy, 

 Austria, and Germany. It is transferable through the blood of sick 

 animals, and is due to an invisible, filterable, contagious virus. 



BACILLUS BOVISEPTICUS (BACILLUS OF HEMORRHAGIC 

 SEPTICEMIA OF BOVINES). 



Occurrence. Bollinger, in 1878, first described a disease occurring 

 in Bavaria among wild deer and wild hogs, which later spread to 



FIG. 125 



Interior of right ventricle of the heart of a cow showing hemorrhagic endocarditis as it occurs 

 in hemorrhagic septicemia. (Reynolds.) 



domestic cattle and hogs, and even horses. While he recognized its 

 infectious character, Kitt, in 1885, was the first to discover its cause, 



