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FOREST AND STREAM 
Nov. i, 1913. 
The Sportsman Tourist. 
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Wild Duck Epidemic at Tulare Lake. 
BY GOLDEN GATE. 
Quite recently attention was directed to the 
fact that the epidemic among wildfowl that 
visited the Tulare Lake country last season with 
great severity was again prevalent, and that an 
investigation of this was being made by Frank 
C. Clarke. The full report of this investigation 
has not been compiled, but the Fish and Game 
Commission has furnished a history of this epi¬ 
demic, and some of the conclusions that have 
been arrived at are as follows: 
About five years ago an epidemic broke out 
among the water birds (especially ducks) in 
and around Tulare Lake in Kings county and 
Buena Vista Lake, in Kern county, and has 
since appeared during the summer and fall 
months of each year since that time. The pres¬ 
ent season has been no exception in this matter. 
On the contrary it has been almost a record year 
for a very high death toll, being perhaps second 
only to the year 1910. 
The disease first appears during the hot sum¬ 
mer weather about August, and runs its course 
till the cooler weather of October, when its abate¬ 
ment is rather sudden, and no more birds are 
to be found sick till the following year. 
It is claimed that this malady never occurred 
before 1905 or possibly 1907. But since that 
time it has appeared each year not only in the 
above mentioned lakes, but some seasons in 
Goose Lake, Soleta Lake and in other places 
also. It has generally, though not always, been 
confined to areas of very stagnant water. 
Great interest has naturally been aroused re¬ 
garding this condition, as thousands upon thou¬ 
sands of our finest game birds, representing a 
large sum in dollars and cents to the people of 
the State, have perished from the unknown cause. 
No systematic investigation was made in this 
subject until the present season, when the State 
Fish and Game Commission, working in co¬ 
operation with the University of California, de¬ 
tailed Frank C. Clarke, a research assistant from 
the latter institution, to make a thorough in¬ 
vestigation of this destructive disease. 
The investigation began its work on the 19th 
of September, 1913. After certain preliminary 
work a temporary experimental station was set 
up on the northern side of Lake Tulare. A num¬ 
ber of sick birds were gathered from the lake, 
and a thorough investigation made. For this 
latter work the use of the laboratory of Dr. 
Frank Griffiths, Veterinarian of Kings county, 
was secured, which enabled the investigation to 
further carry out its work in every respect. Be¬ 
sides the clinical examination, special examina¬ 
tions were made of the blood from all parts of 
the body. Attempts to grow cultures of the 
causative organisms were negative in results 
Collateral with these and later examinations 
the experimental work was carried on, both at 
the Lakes’ side and at a point two miles from 
the edge of the water. Two dozen spoonbill 
ducks were shipped down from the State Game 
Farm, which birds were used as subjects and 
controls in the work. Furthermore the chemical 
and biological contents of the water of the lakes 
have been taken into account as well as the gase; 
which arise from the decaying organic matter in 
the lake bed. 
A number of analyses and experiments will 
yet be necessary before a complete report can 
he made. But up to the present time no con¬ 
tagious disease has been isolated, though it is 
possible that due to the peculiar nature of the 
malady the causative factor has not yet been 
brought to light. 
Experiments carried out seem to prove that 
the water in Tulare Lake, heavily charged with 
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