Blood Analyses of Normal Bronze Turkeys

BLOOD analyses are often employed to interpret the results of nutrition experiments and are applied in particular to the study of deficiency diseases. Analyses of pigeon blood with special reference to sugar values in polyneuritic pigeons have been extensively made. The blood analysis of the domestic chicken has been reported upon by Folin and Denis (1913), Thompson and Carr (1923), Steenbock, Hart, Jones, and Black (1923), Hart, Halpin, and Steenbock (1922), Hughes and Titus (1926), Thompson and Powers (1925), Ackerson, Bliss, and Mussehl (1925), Bethke, Kennard, Kick, and Zinzalian (1929), Massengale (1929), Hogan, Shrewsbury, and Kempster (1929), Hart, Elvehjem, Kemmerer, and Halpin (1930), King and Hall (1931), and others. The bulk of this analytical work applies to growing chickens. A review of the literature failed to disclose information on the composition of turkey blood. The nature of the turkey nutrition work underway at this station made it highly desirable to . . .