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PRELIMINARY COLD STORAGE STUDIES. 



Bacteriological examination of fresh and cold-storage quail — Continued. 

 STORAGE QUAIL— Continued. 



No. 



Description. 



Time of 

 storage. 



Cultures. 



From — 



Re- 

 sult. 



Species isolated. 



4074 

 4271 

 4270 



4431 



4432 



757 

 758 

 755 



Undrawn 

 (same lot 

 as 4073). 



Drawn 



Undrawn 

 (same lot 

 as 4271). 



Drawn. 



Months 

 3 



....do. 



11.5 



Undrawn 

 (same lot 

 as 4431). 



Drawn. 



Drawn (same 

 lot as 757). 



Undrawn 

 (same lot 



as 757). 



Undrawn 

 (same lot 

 as 757). 



.do. 



13 



.do. 

 .do. 



.do. 



Brain 



Heart blood 



Breast muscle near crop. 



Leg muscle 



Brain 



Lungs 



Breast muscle near crop. 



Bone marrow 



Brain 



Heart blood 



Liver 



Kidney 



Intestine 



Breast muscle near crop. 



Bone marrow 



Peritoneal fluid 



Heart blood 



Breast muscle near crop. 

 Breast muscle near 

 wounds. 



Heart blood 



Liver 



Lungs 



Intestine 



Pericardial fluid 



Breast muscle near crop. 



Peritoneal fluid 



Breast muscle near crop. 



Leg muscle 



Bone marrow 



Breast muscle near crop. 



Leg muscle 



Bone marrow 



Heart blood 



Liver 



Intestine 



Breast muscle near crop. 



Leg muscle 



Bone marrow 



Heart blood 



Liver 



Kidney 



Intestine 



Breast muscle near crop. 



Leg muscle 



Bone marrow 



B. cloaese, Spir. serpens. 



B. circulans?, M. aurantiacus. 



Strep, erysipelatos. 



M. tenacatis? 



B. entcritidis. 



M. tenacatis'f, B. capillaceus. 



Strep, erysipelatos. 



Feeble growth, failed to develop when 

 transplanted. 



Feeble growth, failed to develop when 

 transplanted. 



III. CHICKENS COLD-STORED UNDER KNOWN CONDITIONS. 



ORGANOLEPTIC TESTS. 



Tests were made on chickens placed in storage on July 1, 1906, 

 and withdrawn at intervals of approximately, three months for a 

 period of almost nineteen months. At each test a drawn and an un- 

 drawn chicken were taken out of cold storage and compared with a 

 fresh chicken both before and after cooking, the jurors having no 

 information as to the history of the birds and giving their opinions 

 independently. The chickens were cooked by the same person 

 throughout the experiment and prepared in the same manner. 



On October 19, 1906, after three and a half months of storage, the 

 cooked chickens showed practically no deterioration and the jurors 

 found it a little difficult to distinguish them from the fresh fowl. 



