Massachusetts 

 agricultural experiment station 



CONTROL SERIES BULLETIN NO. 124 JULY, 1945 



Twenty-fifth Annual Report of 



PuUorum Disease Eradication 



in Massachusetts 



By the Poultry Disease Control Laboratory 



The value of puUorum-free stock has been recognized for many years by the 

 Massachusetts poultry industry. During the 1944-45 season, a record number 

 of flocks (529) and samples (975,041) have been tested in this State. The 

 percentage of reactors detected among chickens was 0.12. A most encouraging 

 fact is that 93 percent of all birds tested are in 100 percent tested non-reacting 

 flocks. The majority of flock owners recognize the importance of sound eradica- 

 tion and prevention measures in a successful disease eradication program. 



MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



