Show 4 ontario antar io college gives tuberculosis treatment tile the ont ontario n alo agricultural college reports that tuberculosis in poultry Is very common ln in that province there Is note not a county from wilch which there has not been rec dived ed for examination hens either cither dead of or suffer suffering lug fro from m tills bila disease almost invariably a letter accompanies such birds stating that deaths are occurring in the nock flock nt at frequent intervals tuberculosis results in considerable financial losses to the poultry nian duo to decrease in egg production iid heavy mortality in tile the hocks flocks where it Is present the disease Is chronic rather than acute the birds suffering from it usually lose loge flesh turn p pale alo around head become listless nippy copy find and frequently lame while egg laying Is reduced to a minimum to be sure that such a condition of the birds Is duo due to tu tuberculosis bercu losis it Is necessary y to hold a postmortem post mortem examination of ono of them the bl bird rd should be killed and ana opened up if tuberculosis Is If present resent the liver and spleen will be spotted with white or crea cream m colored spots varying in size from a small pin head to ft a pen pea or bean these are the called so ed tubercle tub ercles which are composed of dead tissue that has been killed by the action of the polson poison secreted by the tuberculosis bd bacteria eteria which have developed there these tubercles tub ercles tire are often found on the intestines and in the lungs and bones ai well as in the liver and spleen birds suffering from the disease give off large numbers of the tuberculosis bacteria in their droppings other birds in the hock flock scratching around ard and feeding with elih such birds pick up the bacteria with their feed alad grit und tind so gat jet infected when tills this disease Is found in 14 a flock it Is advisable 0 0 o hlll off ally all tile the ards ads those birds which on examination do rot not ho evidence of the disease may be use used as food those that show the disease should be destroyed by burning or burying deeply in quicklime the entire promises premises in which the birds have been kept should then be well scraped scrape cleaner find and thoroughly dis infected by tile the application of a disinfectant wash or spray as quicklime cresol etc tho the runs should bo well nell covered with quicklime and then pl sloughed ploughed hed deeply even after such treatment jt it would be preferable to establish new runs on fresh ground find and then restock from hocks flocks that are knon knolyn to be lic healthy althy |