Show Authority Urges Fight On Poultry Disease Utah's relatively minor attack of Newcastle disease affecting chickens and turkeys of all an ages should be bel eradicated as quickly as possible declared Dr John I. I Curtis Curtis Cur Cur- state veterinarian Tuesday after returning from a a. Washington Washing Washing- ton D. D C C. conference of nationally recognized poultry F pathologists and conference findings With Don E. E Kenney state agricultural agricultural tural tm-al commissioner The disease ase supposed to have originated in Holland in 1926 did not appear in the United States until 1935 but was found at the confer conference nce to be much more wide wide- spread than estimated before the I experts compared notes Dr Curtis Curtis Cur Cur- Us said The mortality rate in some lome co countries countries coun coun- un tries is n nearly 1009 while in the United States the tho mortality rate ranges between 5 ii and 80 among flocks which become infected In Infected Infected In- In Symptoms Include coughing and anda a peculiar low low chirp paralysis of on one or both legs lack of ot coordination coordination coordination tion in neck muscles and tremor of ot the head said Dr Curtis Re Remedial m e d din i a l I recommendations adopted at the conference included included included in in- in- in Apply quarantines at the dIscretion discretion discretion tion of ot state slate sanitary officials and modified slaughter on a an an are area and flock lock basis Discontinue reuse of feed bags unless sterilized do not accept crates which have not been disinfected disinfected dispose thoro thoroughly of ot carcasses carcasses carcasses car car- casses of dead birds discontinue for 60 days use of f eggs from breeder hatchery wh where re disease has been discovered provide adequate adequate ade ade- quate means of ot identifying the disease and undertake experimental tal vaccination on state and national national national na na- basis Additional federal grants for states where the disease is found td to exist heaviest t were mended The discussions failed to indicate indi indi- indicate cat cate any instances where the disease had been transmitted from fowls to humans said Mr Kenney and Dr Curtis |