Table 6. Comparison of 1937-38 and 1938-39 Testing 



County 



Flocks 



Tests 



Barnstable 4 



Berkshire 11 



Bristol 33 



Essex 30 



Franklin 28 



Hampden 20 



Hampshire 21 



Middlesex 53 



Norfolk 31 



Plymouth 29 



Worcester 48 



Totals 



Barnstable 



Berkshire 



Bristol 



Essex 



Franklin 



Hampden 



Hampshire 



Middlesex 



Norfolk 



Plymouth 



Suffolk 



Worcester 



Totals 355 



1937-38 Season 

 3,685 

 12,019 



54,358 

 31,244 

 38,514 

 16,077 

 20,347 

 71,895 

 119,440 

 41,982 

 70.666 



3,685 

 12,722 

 59,377 

 31.658 

 40,052 

 16,111 

 20,635 

 71,899 

 123,833 

 41,997 

 75,800 



0.00 

 1.73 

 0.14 

 0.03 

 0.16 

 0.08 

 0.04 

 0.33 

 12 

 0.07 

 0.05 



4 

 6 

 31 

 30 

 26 

 19 

 21 

 50 

 27 

 28 

 44 



571,065 



615,205 



34 



327 



Testing of Fowl Other Than Chickens 



During the past year, 5,144 turkeys (4,684 females and 460 males) and 21 

 pheasants (20 females and 1 male) were tested. No reactors were detected. 



Since it is recognized that pullorum disease may become established in other 

 species of fowl, poultrymen should be mindful of this fact in the control, eradica- 

 tion, and prevention of the disease. Owners of breeding flocks should test all 

 birds on the premises, including fowl other than chickens. Custom and com- 

 mercial hatcheries should not incubate eggs from fowl other than chickens with 

 pullorum-free chicken eggs unless such fowl have been tested and found free from 

 pullorum infection. 



Nineteen- Year Testing Period Shows Progress in Eradication 



Table 7 shows testing data for a nineteen-year period. The marked increase 

 in the volume of testing during this period and the progress made in reducing 

 the average percentage of infection are worthy of note. The outstanding achieve- 

 ment, however, is the increase in the percentage of total birds which exist in 

 non-reacting flocks (9.77 percent to 82.15 percent). 



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