Show sanitation tion Ts big help to reduce fowl cholera I 1 fowl cholera la one of the greatest menaces to adult poultry ry blocks flocks declared dr J VV IV luina exten extension ilon veterinarian of ortho the kansas state agricultural college in a recent radio address eddress it affects chicken turkeys and I 1 d ducks it ek 8 with equally fetal fatal results it Is in most prevalent in late summer fall and early spring and to la due largely to changes chances of housing conditions and methods of feeding and liand h ling which tend to lower the resistance of I 1 the 11 fowls edwi fowl cholera closely resembles fowl typhoid in fact the resemblance I 1 la Is so BO clofie that to most moat po persons esons the diseases appear to be identical even trained workers are often compelled to make microscopic examinations be tore fore ordinary symptoms ure are dithing of the feathers loss of appetite drooping dro 0 ping of the wings pod and tall a sta staggering eggering gait bind and the organism which causes fowl cholera Is microscopic in size elze Is rod shaped and known as odium avlum it multiplies very rapidly in the blood causing blood poison sanitary measures greatly reduce the number of cases of 0 cholera qc according to doctor lumb regular rations eions good ventilation even temperature pure pare water large farge houses hobsen and large runs runa oro also conditions which help ward off the disease 1 |