The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28
Poultry Disease
Easy to Control
Of Much Importance to Pre-
vent Coccidiosis at
Start of Season.

Coccidiosis, which is caused by a
protOzoan parasite which infests the
intestinal walls, can be controlled. in
a measure, by raising chicks on clean
grounds. The organism can live in
the soil for some time unless this soil
is titled and kept free from poultry in
alternating years, at least, and for this
reason chicks should be raised on
ground that has not been frequented
by chicks or older birds the year pre-
vious. Since treatment for this dis
ease is rather difficult, it is far more
/ important to prevent it at the start of
the chick broOding season, than to at
tempt to cure it later in the summer
or early fall.
Thorough scrubbing of the brooding
equipment and brooder house, along
with the other steps in the fresh
ground method of brooding chicks, will
also prove valuable aids in controlling
the spread of bacillary white diarrhea
among the chicks. Keeping the chicks
in a darkened box the first three days
of their lives and feeding all of the
sour milk or buttermilk that they care
to drink, are two other steps that go
hand in hand with fresh ground meth
DDS in preventing an epidemic of this
disease in the chick flock.
Other Diseases Succumb.
Fowl cholera and fowl typhoid are
two other diseases that succumb quick
ly in the face of fresh ground brood
ing program. The former disease usu-
ally causes rather sudden death and is
practically incurable, as is the latter.
AS in the case of other diseases, pre-
vention is to be recommended in pref
erence to cure. Clean grounds for the
chicks will prevent them from coming
in contact with older birds and with
infected houses and yards where they
would undoubtedly be able to pick up
the cholera or typhoid germs in their
feed and drinking water.
tuberculosis is another disease that
can be controlled very effectively by
raising all chicks on fresh ground
Baby chicks cannot inherit this dis
ease, contrary to the opinion Of a num-
Der of poultry breeders who feel that
the disease is transmitted from par
ents to offspring. Since this Is true,
birds under a year of age seldom die
of tuberculosis or show any serious
effects of the disease. Because of this
the fresh ground program fits into the
production scheme very nicely, and at
he
to get rid of the tuberculosis losses in
his flock.
Thorough Cleaning.
In starting a fresh ground chick rails
ing program this spring, plans should
be made to extend the program over a
long period of time, as suggested. An
other step that is essential to success
with the plan is the thorough cleaning
of the brooder house and all brooding
equipment. Scrubbing with boiling,
concentrated solution Of highest I've
water is very good method Of de-
stroying worm eggs and disease germs.
Boiling water is practically the only
agent that will destroy the worms aft
er they are Matched. The I've in the
solution aids in removing the eggs and
dirt.
This scrubbing solution should be
applied not only to the bro0der house,
but also to the drinking fountains,
feeders, hovers and all other equip
ment. A thorough scrubbing Of part
of the brooder equipment will be of
little value if another part is left con-
taminated with worm eggs and disease
germs to inhabit the chicks from the
time they are placed in the brooder
through their entire growing period.
Thoroughness is essential to success
with the plan.