MOLD THAT INJURES POULTRY 



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Aspergillus Fumigatus, the mold that kills poultry. 



monary Mycosis of Birds, and anyone who wishes more information 

 on this matter can obtain this bulletin by writing the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



Readers will now see why I always advocate washing out both 

 incubator and brooder with a dilute solution of creolin. That it kills 

 mold spores I know. I also suggest that a teaspoonful of creolin be 

 put in the moisture pans so that the mold cannot develop during 

 incubation. Warmth and moisture breed it. A good supply of garden 

 soil should be used for bedding brooders and brooder houses. It is 

 important to refuse all moldy grain and straw, no matter how cheap 

 they appear to be, they are dear as a gift. It is also said that many 

 perons who work in flour mills and are supposed to have tubercular 

 disease, have really aspergillosis, or a disease caused by this mold 

 from eating moldy grain and living where the spores are present. 



