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Show Prevent Coccidiosis This dread disease, so common to chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, and guinea fowls is a serious economic problem to the poultryman as it exacts a heavy toll froim' his flocks at tiix.es ranging as 'high as 90 to 100 per cent mortality. It is particuarly prevalent during the warm damp days of siting and early summer. It is then that especial espe-cial care should be given to control the disease as the conditions for its spread are most favorable at this time. In the past, attempts have been made to control, cure, and prevent t ie disease by various measures and all kinds of remedies and quack nostrums have been offered the poultryman. The Extension Service cf the Texas A. & M. College has found that coccidiosis can be prevented pre-vented throurjh the feeding of 5 per cent comimercisl flour sulphur. They recommend that 5 per cent of the commercial flour sulphur be in eluded in the mash from the time the chicks are two weeks old until they are placed in the laying house at five to six months of age. However, it is imperative that this sulphur feeding should not begin until after the ohicKs are two weeiti old. Also, sulphur should not -be used unless the chicks have access to direct sunlight. Many poultryxen already have cMcks up to 6 and 8 weeks of age, and sulphur can be included In the rations for these chicks with satisfactory satis-factory results. It should be remembered re-membered that in the prevention of coccidiosis with sulphur, the same sanitary measures should be carried cut as are usually recommended, including in-cluding the rroepr cleaning and disinfection of water containers and feed trougus at various intervals 3nd proper cleaning of houses at designated times. |