THIRTY -FOUR YEAR TESTING SUMMARY 



A summary of testing results for thirty-four years of testing is listed in table 6. 

 The results reveal that this past year the percentage of reactors was the lowest in 

 the testing history of Massachusetts. Also the percentage of total birds tested and 

 located in nonreacting flocks was the highest ever attained in the thirty-four years 

 of testing. 



Table 6. Thirty-Four-Year Pullorum Disease Testing Summary 



♦Based on total birds tested: 1927-28, 190.658 birds; 1928-29. 254.512 birds 



COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS 



Annual Testing of All Birds on the Premises: During the past year 10 

 flocks, representing 11,979 birds, were partially tested. Only one of the 10 flocks 

 was found positive. It is quite likely that the other nine flocks would have qualified 

 for an official grade if they had been 100 percent tested with no reactors. This 



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