Abstract
IT HAS been found by several workers responsible for the health of turkey flocks in some areas of Minnesota that during bluecomb disease in turkeys a reduction in severity of signs and reduced mortality occur when milk replacer and KCl are added to the drinking water. Previously, it had been shown that bluecomb-infected turkeys had a negative balance for both Na+ and K+; however, no comparable data were collected from control-fasted turkeys (Dziuk et al., 1969 b). Additionally, plasma [Na+], [K+], [Cl–], and osmolality were significantly reduced in bluecomb-infected turkeys but were not reduced in control-fasted turkeys. It was shown that many of the signs of bluecomb disease are related to lack of food intake (Dziuk et al., 1969 b) and to abnormal gastrointestinal function (Duke et al, 1969; Dziuk et al., 1969 a). The object of the present study, therefore, was to determine whether negative balances for Na+ and
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