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Gross Anatomy. —The liver is enlarged and friable. Blood drips from 
the sectioned surface. The heart is congested and in a state of cloudy 
swelling. 
Cultui es of the heart blood and liver proved positive for E. sanguinaria. 
Case 6. July 4. A Partridge Plymouth Rock Pullet, 5 Months Old 
Clinical Study. This bird was taken from the flock with a temperature 
of 110 F., and a respiration of 32. The bird was very much depressed, and 
sat \\ ith eyes closed and the head close to the floor. A sulphur colored dis- 
cliaige was emitted from the bowel. The second day showed a temperature 
of 109° F., and a respiration of 24, with the symptoms of the first day aggra¬ 
vated. The third day the temperature was 108.1° F. The bird was pros¬ 
trated, lying on its side. Death occurred during the night. It was noticed 
that the temperature fell to practically normal before the death in this case, 
whereas the four previously described died at the height of the fever. 
Gross Anatomy. —The liver is enlarged and congested; the heart is 
congested and of a parboiled appearance; the kidneys are congested and in 
a state of cloudy swelling. 
Cultures of the heart blood and liver were made, the liver culture being 
positive and the heart negative for E. sanguinaria. 
Case 7. July' 4. A Black Spanish Pullet, 4 Months Old 
Clinical Study.— Taken from the pen at 10 a.m. in a depressed and 
prostrate condition; face anemic; the body was hot to the touch, and there 
w r as a sulphur colored discharge from the bowel. The temperature was 
112 F.> and the respiration 28. The bird was given 2 cc. vaccine subcu¬ 
taneously, and by 4 p. m. the temperature had dropped to 109° F. The bird 
stood with head and tail down, and with eyes closed. Feed and water re¬ 
fused. The second day the temperature had fallen to 108° F., and other 
symptoms subsided. Third day, the temperature and respiration were nor¬ 
mal, the biid ate and drank normally, and by the fifth day showed no signs 
of the disease. 
Case 8. July 4. Mottled Houdan Cockerel, 4 Months Old 
Clinical Study.— Bird taken to poultry hospital with slight symptoms of 
avian typhoid. The temperature was 107.5° F., and respiration 30; in a fail- 
condition of flesh. The bird stood most of the time with a depressed atti¬ 
tude. Took little feed or water. Vaccinated with 2 cc. of avian typhoid 
vaccine. On the second day the bird showed great improvement, which con¬ 
tinued until the fifth day, when to all appearances the bird was normal. 
Case 9. July 8. Rhode Island Red Pullet, 5 Months Old 
Clinical Study.— Bird taken from the pen in the afternoon with a tem¬ 
perature of 108.5° F., and died during the night. 
Gross Anatomy,— The liver is enlarged and friable; the heart is con¬ 
gested and presents a parboiled appearance. 
Cultures of the heart blood and liver proved positive for E. sanguinaria. 
Case 10. July 8. Rhode Island Red Pullet, 5 Months Old 
Clinical Study. —The bird was removed from the pen in an advanced 
stage of the disease. The body was hot to the touch, and there was a sulphur 
colored liquid discharge from the bowel. The bird sat in a dozing condition, 
