Show PROTECT F atom worms causing greatly increased losses to the poultry industry the recent studios of ot of th the e united states department of Airi agriculture culture are oz ol scientific tuter inter est and of practical value to poultry owners referring to a 10 per cent decline in the chickens of the 1028 hatch compared with that odthe of the previous year dr eloise B cram of the bureau of animal industry raises these questions why this decrease in 1028 was it due to casualties caused by accidents and disease or the closing out of nodes flocks or the cutting down of their size by poultry raisers and it if the latter why this closing out or cutting down were di diseases senses find and especially parasitic diseases an important item serious inroads of parasites in answer to these questions doctor cram cites evidence showing 11 that parasites have been making more serious inroads on the poultry industry of the country than Is commonly realized though losses losse sare are sometimes difficult to explain until scientific observations ions are made in general says doctor cram the worm parasites of poultry seem to be causing greatly increased losses to the industry 11 A poultry nian in washington I 1 D C for instance lost 75 per cent bent of several hundred chicks from gapes investigation vesti gation showed that this los resulted from the use of one of the roul poul try mans fields for about 24 hours as a resting place for a flock of turkeys being driven overland the thickens chickens became infested by gape worms left by I 1 the turkey flock in addition to producing the noticeable symptoms of gaping by obstructing the windpipe gape worms also weaken their victims by sucking blood tapeworms Tape worms have been named as the cause of death of 50 per cent of the chickens in some maryland flocks there have been I 1 correspondingly heavy lo 10 losses ses of domestic geese in oregon from a closely i related dated parasite in addition to causing death tape worms bring about emaciation reduced egg production and more or less complete paralysis worms kill turkeys slender threadlike worm corma in the crops of turkeys were found to have cause caused the death of oliree fourths of the birds in a flock if f and the survivors were scarcely worth marketing the gizzard worm one of a general class of roundworms round worms Is also serious because it attacks the walls of the gizzard and interferes with the food grinding function control Cont iol measures tc t check inroads of parasites on poultry flocks says doctor cram consist largely in sanitary equipment and management of flocks in such a way that the life cycle of parasites Is broken so that infection cannot get back to the fowls prompt disposal of droppings from poultry houses plowing up rp or sarup scraping off the top soil of chicken yards the use of a rotation system of yards the judicious use of disinfectants disinfect ants and providing sanitary feed and water containers ta iners ore are among some of the practical means of prevention I 1 even though poultry raising has been highly successful it Is unwise to relax precautions against parasitic toos foes of poultry by increased attention and knowledge the ravages of parasite enemies may be checked and poultry given a better chance |