| Show n f THE WHITE PLAGUE IN THE POU POULTRY LT YARD I The Control of A man Asian Ian I 1 Sig T B Among Chickens is a Serious Problem That Requires Ise wires Drastic Action For Its So I do not wish to be considered an alarmist yet pat t I do not to say that the menace of tuberculosIs among v Hocks flocks in cert In un parts of the U SI S i an extremely venous J i matter In many states the dIsease IS unknown while In others t-s t it t is very ery common there being as h gh as 15 la per cent of all flo Hocks flocks ks affected T B may y be div ded into three principal types The ore ON man n k n as the human n hu-n n type that affecting cattle krown as the bovine oe h-oe and that affect affect- affecting affecting ing mg fowls as the Avian h type pe Hogs Hots may ma become affected with either the bovire or Avian Asian A tan type t pe The annual lo Io loss s through 1 h th the havoc oc ht in m poultry flocks Hocks from A Avian T bel llos s is enormous Add Arid to that to that the tre toss lOSS from hogs wh ch con con- contract tract con tr tract d the he d ci ease from contact wIth chickens aryl ard the total tot vill v ill III run ruin well up into the millions of dollars an- an annu an annually nu lly Unfortunately the disease is not easIly recognized d in m its earlier stares and ani the tuberculin test is the only r sure way of determining dev which of the apparently healthy fowls fos in m a flock are arc affected After Aft T T B has secured a good good- rip lp on a bird d there are certain signs which can be rec- rec recognized recognized rec recognized with a fair de de- de of ease It is a slow developing dl disease ease there there- therefore therefore therefore fore is never seen se-en in m voun ounO fowls Birds in m advanced stages show how a rabid loss of weight wasting g away comb wat- wat wattles wat wattles of breast st muscles mu des pale tIcs and ann head rough lusterless ers th feath- feathers often lameness in m one ers and very ver or both legs Fowls so usually o ha hap haaP p norms norm normil 11 voracious ap- ap petties but gain pain no weight Whenever V ene er these symptoms s P are tre no- no flock Hock several of themo the more d tic in any seriously affected birds bird b should be killed and examined e If t they y h hi e tuberculosis numeroUS round from the size of a pm- pm ot var varying n spots foun found will bl bA of a pea that he head arl to liver and st ll en There will tip In nodules onh on t h he grayish be or ra he which membrane or the place These The e hol holly J the intestines ies aies in m from that of a nodules ary an in size The walnut 1 t as s a aas v large toas togas pet pe ei Y as they v are yellow spots or lesions Sm he in the theand kidneys ca may 1 also so appear ap and lunes proof of T TOnce TOnce Once you au have definite steps step Hock flock fl take Ie e i n B Bin in our tat tate If the b bIrds tees are areto to lIlt it end en 0 to put an may be ad- ad adof adof it value of no r v lu lot of them burn v sable to kIll the noticeably under under- the Ones that ate are n nUD are UD to stand stand- th that ht Those food or orare ormay WEI weight used d for f or are and wel weight ht may be destroYS destroY'S destro fhe s the them t he ki n d as coo thorough h m stop O is Ie a m The next n droP drop- cleanup bA anup burning 01 and all thorough i lItter runs S and and d poultry pointy houses AU of all diSInfectant wIth a god dip and have been bein Where sue such fowls and do dod hou t v weeks be rat should d several eat week for or to plant et often o runs Plow PIc the grain at mg ock to re som-e som deride should front from If you recur chicks may be be r In ina once should of but t a s fl thee thoe I n from removed ground well neW i on qu the and flocks not nee nee- the th former start st it t IS hs a at once In ma mal l nS sic suc old bIrds the ofT off c s rv v to kIll aIded and the theu new the if f they are to Jy JustIfY u sufficiently v toe u may yOU IS and eq en e that are arera e work bIrds extra eft ra the e n- n nm the r des after subject st t ted s t BIrds Birdse othe the tuberculin free from m i n r on one onest to o ot ent rely s tobe be themselves to ve to inen that pr should bP b put nut they can can- cannot can e where here Ine bon c infected ran r ange fresh ith on cean contact t ct w no not come In and an d r 4 bIrds d ed PI d point re lr It mo C v e at some the rethe they Burn dl sO of dIed quarters 0 y from t the e that t have ha I mote fowls fo them themI all al 1 bury I or ca es alof or eskind of of f any any kind d dal I i deeply Since it can be spread by the th pas passage gc of germs genns from one bird to t another it is easy to see sec how the th danger of infection is 15 greatly reduced by bv eliminating those affected I If you ou bring in breeding stock from some other flock and ard it is not practIcal to have them them tuberculin tested do not put nut them at once wIth the other chickens Carelessness of I II Isome some breeders in sending out infected stock is believed to be largely responsible sIble for much of the gain gam in tuber tuber- tuberCUlOSIS which has been noted in late year years Copyright ht by Dr L D I r Ge V S |
