Perityphlo-hepatitis meleagridum. 505 



softened foci. The eecuni is uni- or bilaterally enlarged; its wall 

 thickened and covered on the inside by several layers of fibrinous mem- 

 branes,' and the intestinal lumen contains a reddish, ill smelling mass. 

 In the foci in the liver are found highly refractive unicellular bodies, 

 provided with a nucleus, Amoeba meleagridis. Smith, which, as shown 

 by the feeding experiments of Melvin, can cause the disease. The dis- 

 ease is due, according to Morse, to organisms identical with fowl coc- 

 cidia. 



Melvin recommends thorough disinfection of the barns, etc., with 

 a watery solution of carbolic acid and sulphuric acid. 



Literature. Klee, Geflgkrkh., 1905, 38.— Melvin, U. S. Dep. Agric, Cire. 5. 

 1905.— Morse, The Vet. Journ., 1908, 389. 



