Show 7 CHICKEN CHIC KE N F FLU LU LUP SYMPTOMS P 10 MS TOLD TO I B BI il I Poultry News 1 or infectious f bronchitis is J ott often n mistaken for diphtheritic fowl pox which ma may be bethe bethe bethe the reason the disease has hns proven serious to Utah durIng durIng dur- dur to 10 0 Ing the past few years ears It has han been pointed out by F. F E. E LaShelle Jr General Mills research farm poul- poul x trYman i Tho The disease has been long known as j the chicken flu Ju Mr LaShelle It is a filterable virus consisting con con- Ung of ot an organism much smaller than the smallest ordinary germ A Afew Afew Aie ie few investigators still insist the pox poc ox virus Is ls the primary disease gent During recent years ears the disease has spread pread with alarming speed and finds Reports Reports Re Re- Je the ports show that it is one of the major infections In the west middle west vest and northwest causing cawing heavy losses lasses in iii every state Birds of all may bo be Infected but the mortality mor mor- bill Is Ls usually heaviest in the older cider chickens ens f. f An n outstanding characteristic oi of the disease is the sudden wa way it strikes a flock Mr LaShelle said The birds gasp for breath with opened mouth causing wheezing or rattling sounds Infected birds tand almost erect with the head and neck stretched out mouth open and nd fighting for air The rhe disease may be complicated by discharges from front the nostrils accumulation accumulation accumulation ac ac- ac- ac of chee cheesy or slimy material matens material ma ma- tens in the eyelids a clogging of the sinuses and similar conditions of cf diphtheria theria or roup Curious again aJain Is the length of lime Ume the birds suffer sutter from the ail au- ment Often tho the flocks arc are stricken and just as rapidly the trouble clears clear away Other times It stays stas In tho the flock lock two to four weeks killing ng man many and causing reduction in production Mr LaShelle admits no medical treatment is J known that will cure the disease Medicine has been found however that will force the birds to cough up the material that accumulates in the windpipe thus warding of off choking to death He advises immediate removal from the flock of any arty bird showing the slightest sign of the infection dry ry well ventilated quarters with plenty plent of ot room for each bird and andIn In Ii cold weather slightly heated ar- ar to take off the chili chill and doses of ammonium chloride and ammonium carbonate given in cap- cap lules ules once or twice daily 30 grains l to o each dose half and half haiL |