The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-07-01

Matched, thus making it by far the
worst ailemnt to which young chicks
are subject 1t is therefore readily
seen that the poultry keeper must uE-
derstand the nature of the disease, its
causes, the best means of protecting
chicks against it, and the best way to
treat the chicks if the disease gets
started, if he is to avoid a disastrous
loss. For white diarrhoea is very
contagious and often sweeps the whole
brood away in very short time.
Original Source of Infection.
Mature females are the original
source of white diarrhoea. While it is
the digestive organs that are affected
in the case of chiefs, with hens the
disease is confined to the egg organs,
so that the egg when it is laid may
carry the infection. Since the dis
ease germ is in the yolk of the egg
and this furnishes nouriShmcnt for
baton, the trouble may have a good
start even in the newly Matched chick.
However. this is but one of the means
of infection. White diarrhoea may be
transmitted from sick to well chicks
in number of ways.
The Cause of White DiarrhOea.
White Diarrhoea is caused by a
specific germ, a minute organism
which lives and multiplies within the
intestines of the chick. The result is
an infamed condition of the food pas
sages where the main digestive pro-
cesses are carried on. and the whitish
secretion which follows is an indica-
ton that very rapid breaking down
of the tissues is taking place.
At one stage in it's growth the para
site is passed in the droppings of the
diseased chick and the soil becomes
infected. If in turn the soil contami-
mates either the food or water and the
spores of the parasite are swallowed
by other chicks they also are liable 20
infection. Through a process of de-
velopment, it is possible for the germs
on reaching the intestines to attach
themselves to the walls and to there
multiply rapidly.
Spreading of the Disease.
Where the means of infection is
through the chicks themselves, or
what might be termed external
causes, then the first few days of the
chicks life is the most critical period
for the spread of the disease. Germs
thrown off in the droppings of affected
chicks will live several weeks, and as
they are carried about in various ways
in the dirt and dust, it is readily seen
that the very greatest precautions
against the spread of the disease must
be taken at all times.
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