Show y L M ir V sanitation URGED TO FIGHT DISEASE dr V A moore ot of the new york state veterinary college at cornell university says bays that the best beet way as yet known to fight the poultry plague which has alarmed so many poultry men la Is by thorough and adequate sanitation no remedy la Is known for sick fowls nor Is any drug known that can be given to healthy ones onea to immunize them with these facts in mind doctor moore offers the fol following lovIng suggestions to to poultry growers to help them in fighting this swiftly working malady keep houses clean and well ventilated and feed no garbage containing raw chicken flesh or viscera at least one outbreak was started from feeding liens hena infected Infect cil i acera be sure that any new fon fowls Is come from a healthy source and isolate newly nealy purchased fowls in a separate house for it at least ten days daya before they are placed in the home hock flock watch all poultry carefully remove any sick ones onea promptly and thoroughly clean and dl disinfect Infect the place burn or bury lead dead fowls clean and disinfect till all used poultry crates brou brought glit on the premises cuts cats find and dogs should not pass from one poultry house or farm to another and owners attendants or other persons should not go front from farms on which fowl plague exl exists to other poultry farms or houses boup take precautions to prevent nt the virus from being brought to the premises on implements clothing or animals and it if the virus should pain entrance keep it from getting away and into other flocks all infected poultry houses should be cleaned the utter litter burned or burled buried and the floors roosts boosts feeding and watering dishes and nests dis infected in describing the symptoms of the disease lie he says the head hangs down the comb and wattles become bluish in color and the temperature which at clr first t Is 19 high drops to subnormal the tha ringe nose and intestines discharge and this matter Is headly charged with the virus causing the disease As the plague Is reported to be more active in summer than in v winter inter it Is important that its spread be checked and the virus destroyed as soon as possible the main thing says doctor moore Is to destroy diseased birds and keep healthy fowls away from them either before or after death |