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GOOSE SEPTICEMIA. 



§ 93. Characterization. The disease is an acute sep- 

 ticemia causing the death of the infected goose in a few hours 

 after there are evidences of sickness. 



§ 94. History. In 1902, Curtice described this disease 

 as causing considerable loss in Rhode Island. The following 

 note by T. Smith, dated October 31, 1900, quoted by Curtice, 

 is significant in explaning the condition under which the 

 disease disappeared. 



" Geese born in April and May and collected during the summer 

 and fall for fattening, kept in open yards, crowded together but able to 

 move about ; about 500 in a pen. Fed on a mixture of corn meal and 

 meat and beef scraps. Epidemic began in midsummer. Deaths up to 

 twenty a day (one workman says sixty one day); about 3,000 lost to 

 date." 



§ 95. Etiology. The cause of this disease is a bacterium 

 belonging to the septicemia hemorrhagica group. It is stated 



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