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(Control Sheet) 



CONTROL OF SALMONELLA PULLORUM INFECTION 



(BACILLARY WHITE DIARRHEA) 



IN DOMESTIC FOWL 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 

 DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY SCIENCE 



L H;ive every bird on tlie farm tested every year. 



2. Remove every reactor, regardless of its value, as soon as tlie report of 

 the test is received. Sell them for meat purposes only. Do not keep any 

 reactors for egg laying purposes, or spread the disease by selling to a neigh- 

 bor as egg laying stock, 



y. All featliers and offal from birds killed for meat eating purposes siiould 

 be disposed of bj' burning. Ivikewise Ijurn all fowls tliat die from any cause. 



1. Houses should l)e thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, runs should be 

 cleaned and all rubbish and litter removed shoidd be burned. Provide an 

 empty pen to eacli house to facilitate cleaning and disinfection during the 

 winter months. Use only well recommended disinfectants and be generous in 

 tiieir use. Consult your local veterinarian or county extension service for 

 detailed information regarding cleaning and disinfection. 



5. Stock in the form of eggs, day-old chicks, or adults for replacements 

 should be purchased only from flocks known to be free from Sahnonella pul- 

 lorum infection (Bacillary White Diarrhea). Buy stock from poultrymen 

 testing 100 per cent of the flock every year, and determine the date of the 

 last test and the percentage of infection reported at that test before buying. 

 Buy only from flocks tested by laboratories recognized as official by tlie Divi- 

 sion of Animal Industry. 



