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of the lesions in the walls of the intestine will be quite suffi- 

 cient to determine the nodular disease. 



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ASTHENIA IX FOWLS AND PIGEONS. 



§ 126. Characterization. This is a disease especially 

 of chickens and pigeons in which there is marked emaciation 

 and a failure to take on flesh even when fed on the most 

 nourishing food. Because of this, the disease has received the 

 popular name of "going light." 



§ 127. History. Although this condition or disease has 

 been recognized for a long time it seems to have been first 

 described in 1S98 bj' Dawson. He gives a brief account of the 

 symptoms, morbid anatomy, etiology and a somewhat ex- 

 tended description of the .specific organism which he isolated 

 from the diseased chickens. The writer has studied this 

 affection in pigeons but did not succeed in finding the organism 

 isolated by Dawson. 



§ 128. Etiology. Dawson found this ^^ ^ 



disease to be due to the presence of a certain ^^ ^^ 



species of bacterium which he obtained in 0' ^ ^' 

 pure culture from the duodenal contents. He ©v ^ 



described it as Bacterium asthenice. This M ffs. 



organism varies from i to 1.3/^ in length and ^p ^^ 



about 0.5/i in width with rounded ends. It pj^ ,§. Baeter- 

 is reported to possess the peculiarity of vege- ium as t hen itr. 

 tating in temperatures varying from 50 to (Da-wson.) 



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