Show 1 WHITE DIARRHEA IS CAUSED BY A GERM white diarrhea in chickens a vry try infectious disease which may bo b transmitted from chick to chick by contact Is caused by a germ which rapidly in the body of the chick mua cau ing a severe diarrhea that proves f ft tat in a large majority of the infect infected e d flocks it has haa been definitely brov proved d that hons bons which appear healthy may curry carry in their organs of reproduction tho the germ which causes this atila disease and which manifests itself in the young chicks within two or three days after hutching hatching healthy chicks in the same incubators or brooders broaders bro oders may become infected by contact or by eating food or drinking from vessels that have become contaminated with the droppings of these sick chicks white diarrhea usually develops quickly causing a heavy loss loas in chicks that are a few days daya to a week or more of nga age the chicks huddle together appear sleepy or stupid and have no appetite the droppings are white in color and this causes a condition called pasted up behl behind tid the chicks die within a few hours or days after the disease Is noticed all sick chicks should he be killed and along with all litter refuse and feed that la Is found in the brooder house burned all utensils used in and about the brooder house and the house itself should be thoroughly cleft cleaned ned scalded with boiling bolling water and bisin fectea only healthy chicks should be put in the tha dis infected brooder house it ils As best if possible to move them to entirely new quarters quart cra no satisfactory ui medical edical treatment for infected chicks has been found the disease may be prevented by hatching eggs front from free flocks certain drugs druga used in the drinking water aid in preventing the spread of disease in chicks or of mercury in the proportion of 20 grams grain to every gallon of water Is recommended sour milk or buttermilk should form a good part of the ration to save a flock when the friio infection has once onca started requires constant care anro and un tiring efforts |