The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-29
cAUSR OF THE PIP.
A roanx Woman student Discovers
the Source of the Destructive
Chicken Disease.

Women who have gone into the
chicken raising business and women
who want TO go into IL, the latter
forming decidedly the larger class.
win be proud Of one of their ser who
has made a discovery which proves
invaluable to poultry growers. wom-
en- have always had liking for this
industry. but have been discouraged
from entering IL on account of its
many stumbling blocks on the road to
success. One OF the most impossible
OF these was the pips, a disease which
every year destroys fully hall the
young chickens. No matter how well
they may be cared for or how thrifty
the stock may appear. the pips will
appear among them and in less than
week thousands of them will be
dead. Any remedy so far tried has
proved unsuccessful because IL has
never been known what the exact ma
tmre OF the disease In.
Miss Grace NJ. Norris. a student at
the Syracuse medical college, recently
made the discovery that the pips IL
caused by worm which lodges IN
the throat of the animal. choking n.
says the Chicago Chronicle. The
worm IN about half an inch long M
she found II and fastens itself 10 the
mucous membrane OF the chickens
trachea, where II grows until il has
reached maturity. when Il emerges
from the mouth or nostrils of the
fowl and. falling 10 the ground. there
deposits It's ova and dies. A group
of these parasites lodged in the throat
will soon fll up the air passage, when
the chicken will open It's mouth 10
pant aud finally, unable to breathe.
will die. II il from the ova deposit
on the ground that disease spreads.
The chickens scratching up the soil
set these eggs in motion and they ara
breathed into the trachea, where they
soon mature. SO rapid is the spread
of the disense that almost before its
presence has been discovered nil the
birds In the yard will be afflicted.
Once started II IL almost impossible
20 check and In nine cases out of ten
will kill the fowl. The only prevent
i've is 10 change the chickens from one
yard to another. thus giving time for
the publication of the soil. II well
plowed the yard will soon become
clean again.
In talking OF her discovery Miss Nor
ris recently said; II have always loved
animals and that is probably the rea-
son why investigated this disease.
n MA al In ~ trtv
tion Mt farm near Richfeld Springs,
where a great number OF fowls were
raised. ! noticed that many OF the
young chickens and turkeys were suf-
| fering from n peculiar affection, which
caused them 10 open their mouths
and suddenly. when they were appar-
emily perfectly strong, die. The farm
ers said they had pips, but aside from
what | had observed they knew little
81 the disease and had been unsuc-
cessful In their attempts 10 overcome
H. For four months I did nothing
but study and experiment with the
| disease. As a result found that the
gaping was caused by the presence OF
a parasite In the trachea. 1t In a bright
| pink color and about half an inch
long and twisted In shape. Near one
end II has long appendage.' which
gives 1t forked appearance like the
letter Y. This appendage fastens itself
firmly to the mucous membrane OF the
trachea, forming In masses. which close
the air passage and cause death.
'The worm ia pointed at one end.
where the mouth is located. I have
| named the parasite the habifa
trachena. There were an average Of
% parasites In every fowl examined.
The only effective treatment | have
found IL 10 keep the fowls on fresh
soil, where there are no eggs to be In
haled. Authorities have never agreed
az 10 the cause of the disease and fer
this reason no effective remedy has
been found. A hooked wire apparatus
has been used, but without success.
The wire is run down the trachea and
in nearly every case the fowl dies as
a result OF the remedy. An old treat
ment was 10 cut off the end of the
tongue, which naturally appears 10 be
diseased, showing dry and swollen and
covered with scales. Anyone can see
how cruel and at the same time how
harmful this remedy would be-"
Miss Norris Is a student of medicine
In her second year at the Syracuse
college and has distinguished herself
by her work in biology and analytical
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