Show ROOSTERS SPREAD POULTRY DISE DISEASE ASE more cases of bacillary white diarrhea noticed male birds help to spread bacillary white diarrhea among poultry although the disease does spread wit without libut males according to the new york state college leipf of vete veterinary science at corall until recently the he cause of tho the spread of this disease among mature chickens has been unsolved experiments were conducted in chih blikh pens were made up of infected and non in fectea hens cock birds were placed in some of the pens and others were maintained without wales males A period of months was nev necessary essary before any evidence of this dissemination was aen bacillary white diarrhea had haa been found to bethe be the widespread and serious disease of baby to ns as cist po to control the disease the veter veterinary idary college has encouraged local veterinarians to establish lah lab oratories rilles which are maintained under its supervision these laboratories are located in erle erie orange onondaga ot bego and greene counties long island also has it a number of similar labora tortes conducted on the same plan although testing under tins this plan has bus been in operation only one year up tip state and two years on long inland biland nearly flocks hine been handled approximately chickens have been tested and progress Is being made in lowering theu alis mount of infection in these flocks and la in decreasing the chick mortality due to this disease |