Show VETE WARNS AGAINST POULTRY DISEASES 0 two diseases and enteritis te are causing more than 90 9 0 per cent of the unusually high mortality among laying hens 1 in utah dr wayne binns assistant professor of veterinary medicine at the utah state agricultural cultural college reports there are no methods of curine these diseases di ceases but sanitary housing frequent culling and proper breeding methods prevent the diseases from taking unusually large toll of the flock I 1 which is often called range paralysis grey eyes or big liver first will make its appearance among three and four month old birds by the time the chickens are seven or eight months old the disease often causes a mortality of 60 to 70 per cent of the flock symptoms of the disease are grey eyes paralysis of legs and wings a pale comb ai and d an appearance when birds have the th e black spot or pupil of the eye becomes irregular in shape and the orange coloring around the eyes takes on a greyish grayish color when birds are heal healthy thy they keep themselves clean dr binns states but when diseased they have dirty and rough feathers condition condit on often indicates that the birds have ave enlarged livers numerous growths or that the intestines te have grown together L ucelia alone has caused a greater mortality among flecks than all other diseases although there are no treatments for the disease experiments have shown that the resistance against the disease may be built up in breeding processes dr binns recommends that chicks be obtained from a hatchery that gets its eggs from hens hen s a year and one half to two y years ears of age because reaching this age have shown a resistance to the disease prevention of the spread of the casi max mat be undertaken by culling out all grey eyes or paralytic birds at least once a month and burning these chickens chicken no adult birds should be added to t the flock which have not been isolated for six or eight weeks to make sure they have not come from a diseased flock is caused largely by raising birds on worm infested grounds the worms or bacteria on the ground enter the intes dional tract and cause an inflame tion which becomes chronic if the bird is left on old ground in fla flar mation nation of the intentional tract causes diarrhea and among the birds and reduces egg production enteritis can be overcome by practicing range rotation elou enough gh ground should be available for ranges so that one section can be out of use each season leuconia Leu comia and enteritis ent can best be prevented by exercising strict sanitary measures in early brooding stages enough room should be provided in the poultry house to prevent overcrowd over crowd ing of chicks and a uniform temperature pera ture should be maintained clean dry well ventilated houses should bo be provided for chickens of all ages dr binns says |