MARKET COLD-STORAGE CHICKENS. 



57 



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

 COLD-STORAGE CHICKENS-Continued. 











Cultures. 









Date. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Time of 

 storage. 









No. 



From— 



Re- 

 sults. 



Species isolated. 



B. C. 14.. 



6-11-07. . 



Undrawn . . . 



Days. 

 384 



Heart blood 



Liver 



+ 

 



Rod, not classified. 

















Spleen 

















Kidney 

















Lung 



+ 



Bacterium sp. ? 











Thigh muscle .... 















Breast muscle. . . 



+ 



Bacterium sp. ?, B. fluo- 

 resceins liquefaciens. a 











Peritoneal fluid. . 



+ 



Bad. avium ? Chester. 











Intestine 



+ 



Bad. anaerogenes ? 



B. C. 561. 



10-22-07. 



Drawn 



517 



Heart blood 



Kidney 



+ 



+ 



















Bone marrow 

















Thigh muscle 



+ 













Breast muscle . . . 



+ 



B. liquefaciens, B. coli 

 v&r.,B. liquefaciens fluo- 

 resceins ?, B. fluores- 

 cens non-liquefaciens. 



B. C. 560. 



....do... 



Undrawn... 



do 



Heart blood 



Liver 







+ 



M. luteus. 











Spleen 



+ 



B. raveneli ? 











Kidney 



-f 



B. cloacae ?, Strep, ery- 

 sipelatos ? 























Bone marrow 

















Thigh muscle 



+ 



B . fluoresceins non-liquefa- 

 ciens, B. germinus Ra- 

 venel ? 











Breast muscle 



+ 



M. epidermis albus ?, B. 

 fluorescens ? 











Intestine 



+ 













Crop contents . . . 



+ 



B. subtilis ? 



B. C. 696. 



1-22-08. . 



Drawn 



610 



Liver 



+ 



A micrococcus -like cul- 









ture 687 isolated from 















B. C. 695. 











Kidney 



+ 













Bone marrow 



+ 













Breast muscle 



+ 





B. C. 695. 



....do... 



Undrawn... 



do 



Crop contents . . . 



Heart blood 



Liver 



+ 



+ 

 + 



Strep, enteritis, B. intesti- 



nalis ?, B. subtilis. 

 B. alcaligenes. 

 Micrococcus culture 687. 











Spleen 







+ 







Kidney 



Micrococcus culture 687. 











Bone marrow 



+ 



Micrococcus culture 687, 













Sarc. subflava. 











Thigh muscle 

















Breast muscle. . . 



+ 



M. cumulatus ?. micrococ- 

 cus culture 687. 











Peritoneal fluid. . 



+ 



Micrococcus culture 687, 

 B. coli. 











Intestine 



+ 



Strep, enteritis, B. cloacae. 











Pericardial fluid . 



+ 



Micrococcus culture 687. 



a In axillary space. 



IV. MARKET COLD-STORAGE CHICKENS. 



By M. E. Pennington, In charge, Food Research Laboratory, Philadelphia. 

 INTRODUCTION. 



The results to be set forth in the following pages represent a pre- 

 liminary study, on the broadest possible lines, of the action of low 

 temperatures on foodstuffs, more especially those rich in protein, 

 such as meat from various animals, poultry, fish, eggs, etc. Such a 

 study would seem to be a necessity to the well-being of the people 



