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blood of an affected fowl can produce the disease in a healthy 

 one. 



Treatment. — The disease has been successfully treated 

 with atoxyl/ and with salvarsan (606).^ The best treat- 

 ment is prevention by keeping the fowls free from ticks. 



Prognosis. — About one-third of the affected fowls re- 

 cover if untreated. 



^ Levaditi et Mcintosh, "L'influence de I'atoxyl sur la spirillose 

 provoqueeparle Spirillum gallinarum." Com-ptes Rendus Soc. Biol., 

 T. 62, 1907. 



Uhlenliuth u. Gross, " Untersuchungen uber die Wirkung des 

 Atoxyls auf die Spirillose der Hiiliner." Arh. K. Gsndhlsamt., 15d, 

 27, pp. 231-255, 1907. 



2 Hauer, A., Centbl. Bakt. Bd. 62, pp. 477-496, 1912. 



