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Diseases of Poultry 



to meet, together with an indication of the disease which 

 may have been the cause of each appearance. It is hoped 

 that this table may prove useful. 



Table op Post-mortem Appearances which may be of 

 Some Value in Differential Diagnosis 



The numbers in parentheses denote the pages to be consulted.' 



Post-mortem Appearance 



Blood, clotted in vessels. 



Brain, blood clot on. 



Bronchi, fiUed with mucus. 



Ceca, inflamed. 



Ceca, partially filled with grayish 

 soft material, not cheesy 

 (chicks). 



Ceca, thickened and distended 

 with pasty or cheesy mass. 



Gall bladder, distended. 



Heart, exudate in pericardial 

 cavity. 



Heart, Uning membrane red- 

 dened. 



Heart, punctiform hemorrhages 

 of. 



Intestine, bearing nodules. 



Intestines, congested. 



Intestines, filled with mucus. 



Intestines, inflamed. 



Intestines, mucosa bleeding. 



Kidneys, bearing cheesy nodules. 



Kidneys, congested. 



Kidneys, enlarged. 



Kidneys, fiUed with whitish crys- 



talhne deposit. 

 Kidneys, inflamed. 

 Liver, chalky deposit on. 



Disease which the Appearance named 

 MAY Indicate 



Thrombosis (185). 



Apoplexy (194). 



Pneumonia (178). 



Coocidiosis (285), Blackhead (94). 



Bacillary white diarrhea (287). 



Coccidiosis (285), Blackhead (94). 



Jaundice (94). 



Fowl plague (112), Pericarditis 



(182). 

 Endocarditis (183), Myocarditis 



(183). 

 Cholera (102), Fowl plague (112). 



Tuberculosis (115), Tumors (312). 



Ptomaine poisoning (85). 



Enteritis (67). 



Enteritis (67), Mercury poison- 

 ing (83), Blackhead (94). 



Cholera (102). 



Tuberculosis (115). 



Ptomaine poisoning (85). 



Diseases of the kidneys (199). 



Mercury poisoning (83), Dis- 

 eases of the kidneys (199). 



Cholera (102). 



Gout (199). 



