Show P lq eky EASY TO DETECT POULTRY DISEASE expert tells of tests to show carriers of ills fifteen years experience has taught the massachusetts poultry men pint hat the so called agglutination test Is an efficient means of detecting carriers of bacillary white diarrhea infection said W it II dinshaw nin shaw of the massachusetts chu agricultural college experiment station in this test mado made under a microscope specimens of the suspected bacteria are mixed with a sample of diluted blood serum from the anfe infected eted bird the laboratory test alono alone will not eradicate the disease it Is only one step in the progress under the massachusetts law the control of the disease Is voluntary with the poultry nian who pays for the service at the experiment station control laboratory nt at the rate of 10 cents a bird plus 1 cent for the leg hand band the cost of 11 cents for each bird includes expenses of tho ilia blood collector as ag well as the actual laboratory work mr hinshaw attributes the failure ot of certain poultry men to eradicate the disease to a number of reasons the may fall to test all his hia birds or fall to retest at later intervals vals within the season reason if the nock flock Is found to be infected or he may keep chicks which have been hatched before the test had been completed other reasons are the failure to remove reactors from the flock ns as soon as they are reported the failure to burn offal from birds which react to the test killed for home use and the failure to clean and disinfect the houses following the r removal of reactors sometimes the poultry inan makes the mistake of holding reactors for egg laying purposes and feeding eggs from unknown sources to baby chicks again lie he may hatch eggs for poultry men who have not tested their locks flocks or buy stock such as eggs chicks and adults from diseased flocks when lie he returns birds to the flocks from poultry shows and egg laying contests without first quarantining them lie he runs danger lack of attention to details in the held field at the time of collection of blood samples may result in failure to eradicate the disease |