GOVERNMENT TO HELP POULTRY RESEARCH 



The Department of Veterinary Science has been awarded a 

 grant of $25,000 by the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, to investigate chronic respiratory 

 disease, more generally known as "air sac infection," in poultry. 



The grant, part of a cooperative research program between the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry and several state experiment stations, 

 will extend over a two-year period. Here at the Massachusetts 

 Experiment Station under the direction of Dr. Henry Van Roekel 

 efforts will be directed toward simplifying and speeding up diag- 

 nosis and developing means of prevention and control. Trans- 

 mission of the disease with special emphasis on egg-borne route 

 will also be studied. 



Complete flock histories together with a study of the inci- 

 dence and distribution of the disease will be combined with other 

 information and procedures to develop improved methods for 

 diagnosis. Another plan in this vast research program will be the 

 determination of the value of antibiotics in the treatment of 

 chronic respiratory disease. 



The award comes at an opportune time when this poultry 

 menace is on the increase, particularly in the East. The solution 

 of the major problems of the disease will be of great economic 

 benefit to the poultry industry. 



