Show ONE CAUSE OF LOSSES protect pullets from parasites and various ills by M A SEATON extrusion extension kansas agricultural college Y young oung pullets will develop into effa clent egg machines it precautions are taken to protect them from parasites and diseases durin during g the summer months and if proper feed Is supplied for their development co is one of the enemies that must be conquered it usually appears when the chicks are the to ten tell weaks old symptoms are blood in the droppings upon internal ex alln alion the blind intestines are enlarged and filled with a grayish bloody often the liver lb 1 spotted this disease Is caused by au 1311 organism that tends to destroy the tin ing of the intestine it Is passed out in the droppings and carried over from ye year ar to year in the bullings buIlT zig and ground to prevent move the brooder houses each year and brood on clean ground or use a sanitary platform and keep the chicks confined con fined on the platform until ten old keep the young and old stock separated these precautions precaution a will usually prevent the disease in outbreaks of the best known treatment isto Is to move the brooder house if possible clean the house often and feed large quantities of milk it if an all mash system of faedi in ing Is being used remove the meat scrap from the mash and substitute 25 per cent dried buttermilk eor or dried skim milk feed this for about two weeks large quantities of mill milk solids in any form will be beneficial |