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Until these losses can "be curbed-, it behooves every duck hunter to bear 
in mind that the toll of even a single gun may be important it. those western 
areas where the malady strikes with devastating effect. The assertion, heard 
all too frequently at such tiiaevsy that "what we shoot is nothing compared 
with the loss from disease," though true locally, cannot be entertained as a 
palliative for increased shooting privileges. It is conceivable that as a 
result of serious outbreaks, as have at times occurred in the Salt Lake Valley, 
the breeding stock of Considerable regiors, as we31 as a lerge part of the 
waterfowl produced, may be nearly wiped out. Such outbreaks cannot be pre- 
dicted with certainty, but when they do appear, sound management practices 
as well as good sportsmanship calls for a zealous conserving of ev^ry indi- 
vidual that can be saved or is fortunate enough to escape the ravages of the 
disease. 
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(1) Kalmbach, E. H. 
1934, Western duck sickness, a form of- botulism; with bacteriological 
contributions by Millard E. Gunderson. U. S. Dept. Agr. 
Tech. Bull. 411, 81pp., illus. 
(2) Pullar, I. M. 
1934. Enzootic botulism amongst wild birds. Aust . Vet. Jour. 10 ( 4), 
128-135, illus. August. 
(3) Shaw, H. If. , and Simpson, G. S. 
1935. Clostridium botulinum, type C, in relation to duck sickness in 
the Province of Alberta. Jour. Bact. 32: 79-88. 
(4) Soper, J. Dewey 
1934. A waterfowl r jconnaissance of Wood Buffalo Park . Trans. 
Twentieth Amer. Game Conf . 1934: 258-265. 
(5) wetmore, A- 
1918. The duck sickness in Utah. U. S. Dept. Agr. Lull. 672, 26 pp., 
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