34 POULTRY DISEASES 



named in Plate I, to which refer for further de- 

 scription. 



The final disposal of carcasses of birds, 

 whether dying from known or unknown causes 

 should be carefully attended to. The habit of 

 throwing dead birds onto the nearest manure pile 

 or into an unoccupied field cannot be too severely 

 condemned. 



Among many people there is a belief that if the 

 body of a person that has died is not properly 

 buried, the spirit of the departed will haunt its 

 living relatives and if they do not heed its warn- 

 ings, bring great disaster to them. If poultry- 

 men entertained a similar belief regarding the 

 disposal of dead birds it would save them much 

 loss from disease and parasites among their 

 flocks. The carcass of a bird that has died of an 

 infectious disease or of a parasitism may be the 

 means of infecting grounds and spreading dis- 

 ease among the flock many months later, or por- 

 tions of it may be carried to neighboring farms 

 with disastrous results to neighboring flocks. 



The dead birds found in a flock should be 

 burned whether or not they have died of conta- 

 gious disease, for even if they have died of some 

 cause other than disease the chances are that 

 they harbor intestinal parasites which are capa- 

 ble of being spread from the carcass to live birds. 

 Where time cannot be taken to properly burn 

 the dead birds they should be buried and buried 

 deeply, so that they cannot be dug up by dogs, 

 skunks or foxes, and so that worms may not 

 carry infection from the carcass to the surface of 

 the ground. 



