Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-19
VACCINE TO COMBAT
POULTRY DISEASES
Science Aiding Farmers in Pre-
serving Health of Their
Flocks.

poultry diseases ie set out In recent
report submittcd to the State board
OF Agriculture by DIR. c. c. faiiher,
Chief of the Poultry Disease Controi
of the board and head OF the Depart
ment of Animal Industry, university
of Delaware. DR.. Palmer also makes
several recommendations relative 10
continuing the fight TO stamp out
poultry deeaseo.
Until tho last year or 80 there was
l,ttle or no work done In the state in
this line and yet poultry growers 'os'
thousands OF their ilocks every year
from various Diseases. Under Dr'
Palmer's supervision during the pas.
year 400 diseased birds were rece'Veu
AT the laboratory of the Departmeh.
of Animal Industry, university o'
Delaware, for diagnosie. More than
100 600 dcsee OF specially prepared
vaccine 10 combat such diseases az
roup and pox were distributed through
out the state.
TO carry on auch work as mentioned
there was a fund of but $1,000 ana Dr'
Palmer thinks this should he increas
ed 10 $4,000. \ bulletin on poultry
dlaeases was prepared Ivy DIR. Palmer
and published. describing the princi-
pal diseases of poultry prevalent II
THE state and THE bulletin~wae widely
distributed. DIR. Palmer's report "
part follows;
"DurIng tho year tho poultry hocks
suffered n very extensive outbreak %
roup and pox This outbreak besai
in the late summer and continued
throughout the winter months -
combat these diseases a bacterial vac
| cine very similar TO the BrumleE
| Shook vaccine that has given sucl
splendid results in Ohio wac prepar''
and distributed free Of charge to nj
owners within the state making re
! oucste. our records for the year shoV
| that 111.0OO d ees of tho standard o
stock vaccine and 5000 doses of epc
| cIal or autogenlc waco nc were dietr'bu
| ted throughout the state, The VACCINE
rendered distinct service, and ma
saved the poultry industry thousand
Of dollars IN livestock and eggs.
"Throughout tho year many diseas
ed birds have been received at tn
! lab ratory for diaKnosle These ex
amlnations demand considerable tim
on the part OF the scientific stan. u
many instances complete pathology
cal and hacteraloRiCal examination
REQUIRED hefore the exact nature {
tho dleeaee in question may he estab
! lshed.
we have conducted agglutinatio
tests On the blood OF two hundrc
hens for the presence OF Il. pulloruu
the casual agent OF white diarrhea
This organism ia carried from an IN
| feCted hon through the egg and act
as direct infectious agent for th
| young chick. The above work va
conducted ae an experiment 20 deter
mine the value 4 the test as mean
Of establishing a non-infccted flo'i
osees from this disease occur short
ly after the chicks are hatChed.
During the past epring and sun
mer the state has experienced a yer
serious disease outbreak which appal
emily started In Northern New Cast
County. gradually extending south
ward, killing many biris. A etudy (
this outbreak has revealed that in e n
inetances the disease was fowl tN
phoid, although in many outbreaks IL
disease appeared 10 he an acute II
testinal infection which 20 date hg
not been identified. This disease {
group OF diseases has alone cause
the poultry owners OF the state lo'
OF several thousand dollars.
THE staff haa made a number
field trips into the state for the pu'
pose Of investigating disease outbreak
In this connection eeveral poultr
vaccination demons ira tons have bee
given. County agents have been II
| structcd IN the work OF demonetratlr
, the vaccine treatment. and we hay
endeavored 10 interest the veterna
ians in the work OF poultry disea'
control.
Personal interviews and Corres
pondence with poultrymen emphasii
the impc rtance and necessity for o
ganized state aid in the matter
, poultry disease control. Few OF oj
poultry men are sufficiently train'
10 solve their own disease problem
and the veterinarians although wilir
, and anxious 10 assist their clients {
not possess the necessary laboratoi
facilities for doing the diagnost
work. The 1920 census report ind
Gates that poulA-y are maintained {
s6.2 per cent Of Delawares farm
The industry in the state is valued
S1.000,2S7. In the past ten years Il
industry has increased one hui
= dred per cent.
The chief requests coming fro
poultry owners may be briefly stat
as follows: 1-Continuatlon OF &
, plan whereby the State Board
Agriculture will continue to supp
= the poultry industry with vaccines
protecting fiocks against disease; 2
Agglutination test work for the era(
cation of white diarrhea; "A W
manned and equipped laboratory whe
diseased birds may be taken or sc
for diagnosis; 4-Study and inves
cation OF new or little known poult
diseases"
In concluding his report, DIR. p;
mer makes the following recomme
dations:
1-"Increase the funds for poult
disease control work to total $1,000
year.
2-"The appointment of a full q