. Poultry diseases and their treatment. Poultry. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES 119 If scraps be fed to which tuberculous sputum has found its way or if the birds are allowed to devour parts of an animal dead of the disease, there is a liability of their contracting tubercu- losis. There is also a possibility that birds, by fol- lowing tuberculous cattle, may become infected, as do hogs. It has been argued that the temper- ature of the bird is so high (105° F. to 107° F.). A B Fig. 42. Tuberculosis in a Hen A, Spleen showing miliary tubercules. B, liver showing miliary tubercules. that it furnishes a
. Poultry diseases and their treatment. Poultry. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES 119 If scraps be fed to which tuberculous sputum has found its way or if the birds are allowed to devour parts of an animal dead of the disease, there is a liability of their contracting tubercu- losis. There is also a possibility that birds, by fol- lowing tuberculous cattle, may become infected, as do hogs. It has been argued that the temper- ature of the bird is so high (105° F. to 107° F.). A B Fig. 42. Tuberculosis in a Hen A, Spleen showing miliary tubercules. B, liver showing miliary tubercules. that it furnishes an unfavorable field for the hu- man and bovine types of germs, which thrive at temperatures close to 98° and 101° F., respective- ly. It has, however, been found that these germs soon adjust themselves to such changes in tem- perature and to a certain degree to differences in food. One case, a hen, was sent to the lahoratory with the history of having had access to the sputum of a person afflicted with tuberculosis. Upon autopsy small pearl-like nodules were found throughout the liver (See Fig. 42), in the lung sub- stance and over the serous lining covering the intestines and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kaupp, Benjamin Franklyn, 1874-; Campbell, Delwin Morton, 1880- ed. Chicago, American Journal of Veterinary Medicine
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