Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-08-03 | Page 5 | Cure is Sought for Paralysis

URE IS SOUGHT FOR FOB PARALYSIS j Poultry News J post authorities of tile the poultry in- in arc confused about the source It f C range ranee paralysis its spread and anduze cause use uze Ralston 1st R. R Hannas eastern poultry news flOWS writer has said r The Thc range paralysis or fowl pa- pa r germs germ leak through the tightest filters set up by scientists scientist a f an effort to learn definitely ly howO how O i fight the disease that has taken It n annual toll of thousands of ot hens hene r the nation Two types lye ive ve been found one found one strikes sud- sud enly and nd d deadly adly while the other Enters following minor symptoms int death finally takes the affected bird Ird frd Spread of ot In both is rapid Symptoms might be seen In ai- ai licit cat any muscular part of the hens hen's ody dy its ey eyes s or digestive system It r r. r Hannas said Postmortem exare ex- ex n are not likely to reveal ng excepting in the event arms have also been infesting the Regardless fowls of ot how the the- disease Into our flocks locks and how it is ie r pread Mr Hannas Hannaa said ald there is isone one ene thing certain the certain the disease is deadly and operators must do all their power to curb I its ILi ag- ag rn 0 tp bY bv using breeders from flocks r that have hac bee been paralysis free tree I for ifor at least three years killing immediately im im- im mediately any birds seriously af- af fe feted ted with paralysis selling those affected brooding chicks ks apart part from front adult birds practicing sanitation giving pullets a at t bance to develop a fulland full healthy body before commencing to la lay i Paralysis infection is believed to tike place when the chickens are loung woung oung Paralysis is not usually be Ie however until the chickens are aret filAr t ear ear- maturity A disease that re- re fowl paralysis and often accompanies acc accompanies ac ac- ac- ac c companies it is infectious commonly known as big liver dis- dis ease birds stand with their feathers ruffled head drawn back bach and ey eyes s closed They are lifeless and eat very sparingly Postmortem examinations show the liver greatly enlarged covered with small brownIsh brown- brown hh Jah yellow spots and is sometimes ruptured 6 Mr Hannas points to tho the possibility that results of ot several diseases that have havo attacked tho the birds simultAneously simultaneously simul simul- are aro making it Impossible scientists to definitely determine what whit fowl paralysis is i. and where the tho d dl ealo germ originates I A