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Show mass . REMOVE BIRD WHEN OUT OF CONDITION May Check Spread of Coc-cidiosis Coc-cidiosis in Flock. Chronic coccldiosls In adult fowls cannot be distinguished by external symptoms from other wasting diseases, and only by the use of the microscope after death, says a writer In he Rural New-Worker. Unlike the acute form occurring In chickens, the ceca do not display the evidences of the infection, which are to be found in the Intestinal contents or In scrapings from the in-testinal in-testinal walls. r Either in chronic coeddiosis or other oth-er diseases showing the loss of appetite, appe-tite, dirty plumage, gradual loss of flesh, paleness of comb and wattles and perhaps paralysis of the legs found in such disorders, all affected birds should be removed from the flock and watch kept for new cases. The quarters used should be placed In good sanitary condition and the old ruins discarded. The parasites causing coccldiosls and other infections of like Inci rabll-lty rabll-lty infest ground that has been used for a considerable length of tluc by poultry flocks, and healthy birds must be kept from such ground If avoidance of infection is to be expected. Chronic Chron-ic coccldiosls spreads slowly In an adult flock and removal of sick birds with sanitary precautions to prevent Infection of the healthy members should be observed. |