Show SALT THE r Poultry Pointers by A Royal TRIBUNE LAKE FARMER-STOcKMA- - " "4 1:4 No' 4 Bagley USAC littorinary N ' Dpt r I : -- t t4 disease through the state of 'Utah and its neigh boring states in 1948 it left in Its wake many a poultryman whose flock had been wiped out or was not producing eggs This disease was a new ex perience to both the poultry Mall and the veterinarian The knowledge concerning the disease was limited and 'much WIEN Newcastle uncertainty existed The hatcheries hesitated to tell their clients whether or not their breeder stock had been victims of Newcastle disease since this might have been a means of spreading the disease to the young chick through the egg Today the hatcheries make it a point to advertise that their chicks are from immune stock The veterinary diagnostic laboratories were not set up to perform the necessary tests for diagnosing Newcastle disease It was necessary to develop simple and quick tests that could be used for diagnosing the disease The vaccines and vaccination programs have done much to reduce the severity and the incidence of the disease but they have not completely eliminated it Where 70 per cent of the birds in a given area are vaccinated the chance of Newcastle disease occurring is greatly reduced Vaccination does not give a 100 per cent protection and breaks may occur hot strain will break through the established immunity of the flock now and again The Newcastle virus strike a susceptible flock although it may be located in the midst of vaccinatee flocks When birds are forced to will condilive in overcrowded tions on damp litter and in poorly ventilated coops there is increased chance for breaks ADVERTISEMENT PIL of the disease by the use of the vaccines that are available Remember that it is very Important that good poultry hvbandry is practiced along with a sound Vaccination program crowding THE face of a possible be certain of the diagnosis since there is a great similarity of many of the respiratory diseases during the early stages of the disease Take representative birds to a veterinary diagnostic laboratory to establish the correct diagnosis Newcastle disease may occur in turkeys but it is not too common in the State of Utah It is seldom seen in the young poults under 6 weeks old The outbreaks may be so mild that the disease can pass by unnoticed Outbreaks have occurred in the commercial turkey flocks and have been controlled by the use of killed One should allow one square foot for every three young chicks and by the time they weeks old each chick are should have one square foot The mature bird in the laying house should be allowed two to three square feet of space Poor hygiene most certainly plays an important role in allowing respiratory disease to 10-1- 2 develop What are the symptoms of Newcastle disease in young chicks? The young chick will first show respiratory involvement by gasping coughing and manifesting a hoarse to chirp or will not be able chirp They will stand or sit with their wings down head their extended and eyes closed As the disease progresses nervous symptoms will develop such as twisting of the neck lameness leg paralysis backing up somersaulting or walking in circles 0 liai virus vaccine or intramuscular live virus vaccine Vaccination should not be practiced unless there is an outbreak in the flock or area ck recover The disease an run its course In two to four weeks and have a mortality rate from 5 to 100 per cent: The death losses are usually high in young birds under 8 weeks of age In den the adult birds the sudonset of coughing and gasping which spreads rapidly through the flock and the bemarks the loss disease ginning of Newcastle In less than a week the egg of appetite production will drop to zero In eight to 10 days the respiratory symptoms subside but the nervous disorders become evident Only a small percentage of the adult birds will develop nervous symptoms and the death loss is f you 01 IN NCE the nervous symp- toms become evident the chick does not generally usually less than 10 per cent suffer the miseries of itching The greatest economic loss read piles bleeding or protruding from Mr John D Busher is in the egg production for this report - 01 will fore it will take four to eight weeks 4 the Page Compway as 1 long as live I ma for egg production to return : t lid years old thin year to normal Many of the eggs A - will be found to be abnormal Good lack to body that uses Page in shape and low in albumin Palliative Pile Prepare- first It is not uncommon Ilium Jobs D flambee at find that a generous to eggs may be have may FREEYOU of Page's Palliative laid on the the floor during the Pile Preparations absolutely free bend your name and address for your disease free supply TODAY The control o Newcastle I IL PAGE CO Nig liAl Marshall MIA disease lies in the prevention II t In immunity 'for the susceptible flocks Ili become infected When it is possible to detect a strong odor of ammonia In a coop the ventilation is not adequate or there Is a marked problem of over- IL ii3 : c4h AA A 1 le Here's a horseradish root that must have had an interesting look journey underground to end up with this animal-lik- alicco0 ReatfisED E root that AHORSERADISIL transition and grew more something was r-radish like a into dinosau- re- displayed cently by an official of a Salt Lake food processing firm The rampant root looking like a miniature model of some prehistoric beast" appeared before the startled eyes of T Keith Christensen pro- duction manager of Wilson Products Co as he was preparing a shipment of Missouri horseradish for the peeler "I've seen some odd shapes but nothing like this" Mr Christensen to his boss Lynn R Wilson general manager of the company coin-mente- Mr Wilson im- properly pressed said he plans to pickle the peculiar plant for perma- nent perusal by the public 4' 4$056-1- Dairy Diary d by STOCK story of the Assn sitting down to a dinner of turkey with their wives wearing silk dresses to the event is applicable to the dairy industry And irrespective of the outcome of the support given the industry by the government the dairymen of the United States need to take another look at what they are doing within their own in dustry of butter in If the pile-ugoVernment storehouses is due to the failure of dairymen to eat butter and consume dairy products there is only one place to charge that error While it has been said that "within three years there will be a shortage of dairy products" (Russell S Waltz Seattle president of the National Milk Producers' Federation as reported in the Salt Lake Tribune March 19 1954) today's problem is too much And the answer is that some of the responsibility is on the doorstep of the dairy industry A few of the ways the industry can help is to be consumers of dairy products eliminate borderline cows from their herds be active in advertising programs and support them with required contributions (The American Dairy Assn is planning a year around support program of THE p Willardson Llyman butterfat marketed or per dred pounds of milk) A quality improvement hun- ing that cannot creameries without signing a producer card This card says that "they have not a clean-u- pro- gram would go a long ways to lifting the dairymen out of this dilemma they now find themselves in Although the effect of a well enforced improvement program would be difficult for some producers the reflection on the whole would be healthy In the past some procesiors have been overeager in their effort to build volume and have encouraged low quality by accepting such producers from other plants The State Department of Agriculture has a law requir- just changing creameries In the past some of the processors have been such people guilty of accepting without question Signed cards are required to be kept on file in each plant so that shifting of producers to avoid a clean-uis not easy If violated it becomes a misp demeanor to plant or producer whichever is offender A AG ' producer change -- their milk condemned within the past 10 days and that they will obey the laws governing the production of milk" manner a careless cannot avoid a of his problem by THIS IN had w' SALASCO NECK CHAIN TAGS o he movAl 111 N:00-FRE- E Solt Dept esoveBEVE1-111)0- b& dIIP wm Lake Stamp Co NA 43 W Srd St Salt Lake city - 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