. Fijr. 55. FifT. 56. FifT. 55.—Inoculated pifreoii 6 days after appearance of first symptorus. Fi{f. So. Inoculated pifjeon lU days after appearance of first symptonts. that chicken pox is caused by a fungus of the group now known to scientists as blastomyfetes. Chicken pox affects ordinar}^ fowls, turkeys, pig- eons, and, more rarely, geese. Pigeons, and young chickens are particularly susceptible. Grown fowls are only occasionally affected. The malady while widespread and well known is a disease of warm countries, and is usually found in Southern Europe and the Gulf Section of the United St
. Fijr. 55. FifT. 56. FifT. 55.—Inoculated pifreoii 6 days after appearance of first symptorus. Fi{f. So. Inoculated pifjeon lU days after appearance of first symptonts. that chicken pox is caused by a fungus of the group now known to scientists as blastomyfetes. Chicken pox affects ordinar}^ fowls, turkeys, pig- eons, and, more rarely, geese. Pigeons, and young chickens are particularly susceptible. Grown fowls are only occasionally affected. The malady while widespread and well known is a disease of warm countries, and is usually found in Southern Europe and the Gulf Section of the United States. It is there very destructive, attacking a large proportion of the birds, and unless it is early and vigorously treated it causes much damage and many deaths. Symptoms.— This disease chiefly affects the head of poultry, and appears as an eruption of round or oblong, yellow nodules, varying from the size of-a pin-
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