Show PULLETS FACE DISEASE THREAT e 0 I Poultry N News vs e I IQ Q Q r l CAUL CAU I Extension Utah State I Agricultural College Collese haa has become a serious threat to Utah pullet locks flocks this season leuon The Tho reason may b be found In the wet cold days of ot the past week or perhaps that the tho operators I did not have their pens and flocks in readiness for lor s such ch weather con con- At any rate It has bas been found that some good may be accomplished by placing pullets affected with ceacal a a disease common among pullets about to enter the laying pens pens pens-on on some type of treatment which will act as al a flush This may be accomplished In any one of three ways 1 A 1 A mash containing 40 per cent ent powdered skim milk or buttermilk with one light feed teed of grain dall dally 2 2 Giving Giving the affected flock a 1 adose adose dose of ot epsom salts nIts at the rate of oC six ounces for tor each birds The dose Is conveniently administered by dampening dampening- the mash In the early early early ear ear- ly morning with epsom salt Lion tion 5 Feeding 3 the pullets a bran mash moistened with warm water or milk mUk allowing the tho birds tp consume consume con con- sume sum all aU they are able to in 30 minutes The Tho milk flush seems to have havo been more popular than other treat treat- ments None of ot the flushing methods methods methods meth meth- is effective unless special precaution precaution precaution pre pre- caution is taken to remove all the excessively moistened feces Immediately Immediately immediately Imme Imme- following the treatment All control measures for are aro based on the fact that the organism does not complete its life ute lifecycle lifecycle cycle in the body of the bird Thorough Thorough Thorough Thor Thor- ough and frequent cleaning of fecal fecel deposits on the floor assist in breaking breaking breaking break break- ing the cycle The wise poultry poultry- man will not rely too much on milk or other flush treatments rather than maintaining the tho strictest strictest strictest strict strict- est possible control of sanitation Green droppings and loss of flesh may be indicative of any one ono of ot several disease conditions Earlier in the life Ufe of ot the pullet greenish diarrhea results in sudden death yet when the birds are older the condition points to fowl typhoid A more complete diagnosis is necessary necessary necessary sary before a certain conclusion can be reached A A |