QUAIL COLD-STORED CJNDEB KNOWN CONDITIONS. 



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The drawn birds of this lot — Nos. 757 and 75S — were in a bad 

 state of preservation externally and internally. The breast muscles 

 were soft and degenerated, stained red where in contact with the 

 bone, and the bone marrow was absorbed. The portions of the vis- 

 cera left in situ were dark, bloody, gaseous, and slimy. 



It will be observed from even the small number of birds exam- 

 ined, and here listed, that the problem becomes even more compli- 

 cated than in the case of the chickens, because the method of killing 

 is almost certain to introduce bacteria which may be carried into the 

 deepest tissues and, as in the case here noted, result in the rupturing 

 of the intestine and the pollution of the entire body cavity. The 

 prompt dressing and cooking of birds so injured would render this 

 factor unimportant. If, on the other hand, the birds are exposed 

 for sale for a number of days before being disposed of, or being un- 

 sold are, at the expiration of such a time, transferred to cold storage, 

 the condition may be menacing. It would seem, in the case of quail 

 even more than in the case of chickens, most' desirable that a very 

 prompt transference to the storage warehouse be made, or that the 

 birds be dressed and sterilized by heat as soon as possible after 

 killing. 



Bacteriological examination of fresh and cold-storage quail. 

 FRESH QUAIL. 



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Time of 

 storage. 



Cultures. 





No. Description. 



From— 



Re- 

 sult. 



Species isolated. 



427'' Undrawn 



Months. 







 

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Strep, pyogenes?, Aspergillus glaucus 

 Staph, epidermis? 



Strep, pyogenes, Mucor racemosus. 









Breast muscle near crop. . 











Kidney 



Breast muscle near crop. . 















Culture 737. b 











Breast muscle near crop. . 



Leg muscle 



Heart blood ... 



Culture 737.6 



B. subtilis group. 



Culture 737.6 





M . pyogenes albus. 

 M. pyogenes albus. 





Kidney 



Breast muscle near crop. . 





Bone marrow 

















STORAGE QUAIL. 





4433 



Undrawn J 



Drawn 3 







 

 

 

 

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Kidney . . 







Breast muscle near crop. . 

 Peritoneal fluid 





4073 



Brain 



Heart blood 



Breast muscle near crop.'. 

 Breast muscle near 

 wounds. 



\M. tenacatis. 



a From same lot of quail, results comparable. 



b All cultures numbered refer to bacteria not classified. 



