ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 



hundred and fifty fowls out of a flock of four- 

 teen hundred in a single year. The bulletin 

 issued contains a full and clear description of 

 the symptoms of the disease, the diseased con- 

 ditions to look for when the fowl is killed, 

 with illustrations of diseased parts. Ways of 

 infection are also noted. It is shown also that 

 no known remedy exists for tuberculosis in 

 fowls, — killing as soon as found affected is the 

 only alternative. So far, there is no means of 

 detecting the existence of the disease until it 

 has progressed sufficiently to produce lame- 

 ness, or emaciation. The tuberculin test used 

 in detecting the disease in cattle does not give 

 positive results in fowl. The bulletin says, 

 upon the important question of danger to man 

 from tuberculous fowl: 



"Tuberculosis in man is not noticeably prev- 

 alent in the community where most cases of 

 the disease in fowls have been found, for it is 

 not frequented by consumptives in search of 

 favorable climatic conditions. The possibility 

 of the transmission of tuberculosis from poul- 

 try to man is a matter concerning which it is 

 exceedingly difficult to collect evidence. The 

 fact that chickens, when eaten, are always 



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