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PRELIMINARY COLD STOEAGE STUDIES. 



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

 FRESH CHICKENS -Continued. 





Date. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Time of 

 storage. 



Cultures. 





No. 



From— 



Re- 

 sults. 



Species isolated. 



4297 



1-13-07.. 

 6-11-07. . 



Undrawn... 





Heart blood 



Liver 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



+ 







+ 







do 









Spleen 





B. C 13 



Bone marrow 



Breast muscle . . . 

 Heart blood 







10-21-07. 

 1-23-08.. 



do 



do 



1 night 







Spleen 





B. C. 559. 



Bone marrow 



Breast muscle . . . 

 Heart blood 



A bacillus— motile, a mi- 

 crococcus. 





Spleen 















B. C. 694. 



A few hours . . 



Bone marrow 



Thigh muscle — 

 Breast muscle . . 



Heart blood 





 



+ 





 

 



+ 





 

 

 



+ 



M. pyogenes aureus?, B. 

 carneus? 

















Bone marrow 



Lung 







Breast muscle... 

 Peritoneal fluid.. 

 Intestine 



Streptococcus, M. aqua- 

 tilis? 



COLD-STORAGE CHICKENS. 









Days. 









4252 



10-19-06. 



Drawn 



119 



Heart blood 



Liver 



Spleen 



+ 

 + 

 



M. pyog.albus. 











Kidney 



+ 

















tericus. 











Bone marrow 



















+ 



Aspergillus glaucus, B. 

 coli var. ? 























Thigh muscle 



+ 



B. coli var. ? 











Peritoneal fluid.. 



+ 





4251 



....do... 



Undrawn... 



do 



Head wound 



Heart blood 



+ 





 

 



il/. epidermis albus ?, B. 

 fuscus Chester. 





Spleen 













Kidney 



+ 



+ 







Bone marrow 



Strep, erysipelatos? 













4- 













Breast muscle. .. 



+ 













Peritoneal fluid. . 



+ 













Intestines 



+ 



Large intestine: Pink 

 yeast, Mucor sp. ?, M. 

 aurantiacus, O idium 

 lactis, B. ductus Rav- 

 enel, B. megatherium, 

 B. putrificus ? Small in- 

 testine: Cladosporium- 

 like fungus. 



4296 



1-16-07. . 



Drawn 



215 



Heart blood 



Liver 





 



















Bone marrow 



+ 



B. fluorescens Uquefa- 

 ciens ? 











Lung 

















Thigh muscle 

















Breast muscle . . . 



+ 



B. fluorescens liquefa- 

 ciens ? 











Peritoneal fluid. . 



+ 



Bad. anaerogenes. 



4295 



....do... 





do 



As in 4296 





Cultures and organisms 















as in 4296. 



B.C. 15.. 



6-11-07. . 



Drawn 



384 



Thigh muscle 



+ 



Rod, not classified. 











Breast muscle . . . 



+ 



Rod, not classified. 



