Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Experiment Station 



CONTROL SERIES BULLETIN No. 88 



Seventeenth Annual Report on 



Eradication of PuUorum Disease 



in Massachusetts 



By the Poultry Disease Control Laboratory 



This bulletin reports the results of puUorum-disease testing for the 1936-37 

 season. The results show that pullorum disease eradication is steadily pro- 

 gressing in Massachusetts. Marked increases in the number of tested flocks, 

 tested birds and tested samples were observed for the season. It is encouraging 

 to note that in spite of the large increases, the average percentage of positive 

 tests was nearly as low as that of the previous season. Poultrymen and others 

 interested in the industry are urged to cooperate to the fullest extent in apply- 

 ing sound measures that will further the eradication of the disease, as well as 

 to employ methods which maintain flocks free from the disease. 



MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



