POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS 
death of several or many fowls; inflamma- 
tion of upper portion of intestines.) 
LIVER 
Tuberculosis.—Yellowish-white spots on 
liver varying in size, somewhat raised and 
convex; the spots or nodules may be readily 
separated from the rest of the liver. The 
liver itself is often very much enlarged. 
(Fowl gradually loses weight and may go 
lame; mesentery and spleen affected with 
nodules. ) 
Cholera.—Liver enlarged, dark green 
and softened, sometimes showing whitish 
spots. 
Coccidial diarrhea—More or less circu- 
lar patches, depressed in the centre, associ- 
ated with plugged ceca, the linings of 
which have sores. 
Congested liver —Much enlarged and en- 
gorged with blood, may be readily torn. 
Fatty degeneration or fatty liver.—In the 
first case the liver is rather shrunken and 
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