Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-03
CAUSE AND TREATMENT
OF CHICKS WORST ENEMY
Wiito Diarrhca I'm Youngsters Is
Usually Transmitted in tho
Ilatching Eggs, It Is Said.
SYMPTOMS EASILY DETECTED
Remedy Simple and Always J;ncc-
tiye-Avoid Germ Carricrs-(iivc
Sour Milk as u PrcvcntivC-CIean
Premiscs-Spray Yards We'll.

Once white diarrhea has secured a
foothoid in poultry plant. due to neg
lect. the morality is extremely high.
sons hatch All told, the losses in
dollars and cents are almost beyond
and probably causes loss of 10 per
cent of all chicks Matched in tho coun-
Try; By proper measures the disease
number of tho affected chicks will re-
cover under proper treatment.
There arc two forms of white diar-
most common variety is caused by
germ called bacterium puliorum. This
study in the laboratory and maEniticd
1000 times TO be seen: The second
form Is due .,,o to another type OF germ.
called the Coccidium tenei!um.
How Chicks Arc Infected.
Chickens contract the disease by be-
Ing kept in infected quarters and TAX
ms III germs through food and water.
The mos; common cause Is Inc bird
which had the disease while chick
and recovered from II. l; the bird Is
nently affected, so that when the chick
grows to adult size and commences TO
germs of the disease These infected
eEEs when incubatcd make good con-
aIoion Under which the germs can
deveiopa and linaiiy mcrses from the
shell 1t is stricken with white diar-
rhea. Symptoms. appear two or three
days after Matching. the bowel dis
charges being of whitish. frothy ma
turS hence the name white diarrhea.
protozoan variety. is due 10 Infection
through the feed and water. IT is not
a ,Sdn,l, Through the egg; bird
disease carrier by some chronic in
fai,i,, or ulcer in some, par, OF ne
iiNins OF the bowel. Recently still
another form of The disease has been
found the germs OF which are shaped
some ,fa:, IKE dne tadpole; but must be
germ has been given The name OF
Trichomona pullorum.
Symptoms of Stricken Chicks.
White diarrhea il a disease of baby
chicks Birds are seldom attacked af-
ter they are 4 few days old. and never
after they are two or three weeks old
Diarrheas that develop in older chicks
are due 20 other causes, such as chill
ing, contaminated feed. impure water
and insufficient protection from stormy
weather.
In young chicks the symptoms of
He'd feathers and sleepy appearance.
The chicks huddle together: they have
hn npps frd,v whi;lsh or whi,ish
Inc bowel. which discharge adhcres to
!he vent, fun, condition known as
;n nsS,'n nos. ~ chicks peep despair
interest in life.
on yie,'n !. Of white diarrhea when
II, -
nal yoik only partly absorbed. The in
iiesiines are more or less fun The
a diysr is gsnaiIy PALE nu, 2thsr parts
spleen. ,heart, blood and kidneya. be.
cause eau e., the germs live and multiply in
Mosr Prevalent in Spring.
Hens with infected ovaries are like
eased that NAM OF the hens only lay
a. few eggs. These eggs are laid in
me snring hence such eggs are in
disease is most prevalent.
g, In purchasing eggs or birds be care
from white diarrhea. Toe punch o.
mark all chicks which develop the dis
ease and later dispose OF them for
and pul!ets which go unscathed. which
means that they are practically free
Many of the State experiment sta
ton laboratories examine the blood OF
mocks OF pomi,ry 10 determine the
Infected hens can he removed and the
premises thoroughly sprayed and dis
How 10 Trent the Disease.
For the first seventy-;wo hours az
Ter the chicks axe Matched, do not feed
The shell and dry off. remove them
from the pest or incubator. on the
third days give them al the fresh bat
peIore them at ali times Unit! they
are four weeks old DO nor give
solid feed III the third day, and then
I" fuil feeding on the NTH day Try
inns ana You wiz! find that the chicks
WI! be stronger. Buttermllk or sour
!niik ~ the best and cheapest method
OF combating white Giarrhca MIlk
a!So promotes rapid growth.
iremiseS must be kept clean and the
quarters should be thoroughly SPRAYED
Win some reliable dIsinfectant.
The only remedy that we have fonna
IN
oiarrhea is compound OF equal uaFts
suiphocarbolate OF calcium. suiphocare
De!ate OF sodium and sdiphocarboiate
OF zinc This compound can be MIR
chased from manufacturing chemists
i h aaI;.srain tablets. One tablet should
ne uissoived IN each quart OF drink
Ing the mash feed