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                  THE EXISTENCE OF FOWL TYPHOID IN INDIA *

                                             BY

                           HUGH COOPER, M.R.C.V.S., I.V.S.,

                           Veterinary Research Officer,

                                    AND

                           R. N. NAIK, G.B.V.C.,

                  Assistant Veterinary Research Officer,
Imperial Institute of Veterinary Research, Muktesar-Kumaun.

                  (Received for publication on 11th April, 1931.)

         An outbreak of disease in a flock of poultry at Bhowali in the Kumaun hills
was reported to this Institute in August 1930 when a dead fowl was forwarded for
examination. Deaths took place in this outbreak mainly among adult birds and as
single cases occurring over a period of about two months as shown in Table I.

                           TABLE I.

Date

No. of deaths

in adult

fowls

No. of

deaths

in chicks

Remarks

19th July 1930

.

..

1

..

21st July 1930

.

..

1

..

22nd July 1930

.

..

1

1

30th July 1930

.

..

1

..

3rd August 1930

.

..

1

1

5th August 1930

.

..

1

1

7th August 1930

.

..

1

1

9th August 1930

.

..

1

..

S. gallinarum isolated in culture.

16th August 1930

.

..

1

..

17th August 1930

.

..

1

..

20th August 1930

.

..

1

..

23rd August 1930

.

..

1

..

Total

12

4

         * Paper read at the 18th Session of the Indian Science Congress, Nagpur, 1931.

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