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Table 19.— Experimental feeding of dried ox spleen and hog spleen with polished rice. 



Spleen ration. 



Pigeon 

 No. 



Survival 

 period. 



Change 

 in 



weight. 



Result. 



PEN 55. 



2 

 5 



42 

 45 



Days. 

 57 

 57 

 52 

 57 



Per cent. 



-23.4 

 -5.0 

 -0.4 



-23.0 



Fair condition end of test. 



Do 



Good condition end of test. 



Do. 



Polyneuritis 





Fair condition end of test. 





56 



-13.0 





PEN 56. 



64 



74 

 77 

 99 



57 

 57 

 57 

 57 



—6.3 

 —12.8 

 —24.6 



-18.7 



Fair condition end of test. 



Do 



Do. 



Do... 



Do. 



Do ...:... 



Do. 







57 



—15.6 





PEN 57. 



65 

 66 

 68 

 71 



49 

 57 

 57 

 51 



-12.0 



-14.5 



-28.0 



-6.2 



Polyneuritis. 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Fair condition end of test. 

 Poor condition end of test 

 Fair condition end of test. 



Average 





55 



-15.2 





PEN 58. 



29 

 35 

 67 



183 



57 

 57 

 57 



44 



-0.6 

 —12.6 

 -47.9 



-17.0 



Good condition end of test. 



Do 



Fair condition end of test. 



Do 



Very poor condition end of 



Do 



test. 

 Died. 



Average 





57 



—20.4 











1 Data for this bird excluded from average. 



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 260 



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