CONTENTS. 



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Methods employed in tlie examination of eggs for Bacterium pullorinn, 3 



The test fluid, 11 



Making the test fluid, 12 



Method of obtaining blood serum, 12 



Making the agglutination test, 13 



The influence of test fluids of varying composiiion, .... 15 

 Comparison of results of macroscopic agglutination tests with egg 



analysis, 16 



Post-mortem findings of some reactors and non-reactors, ... 16 



Specificity of Bacterium pullorum agglutinin, 17 



Agglutinins obtained bj^ the immunization of rabbits against Bac- 

 terium 'pullm'um, ' . 18 



Summary, 18 



