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to light objects, such as leaves, and be carried 

 long distances by the wind. If the disease exists 

 among the fowls along the water-course, those 

 lower down the stream may receive the germs with 

 their water-supply. So, whenever this disease pre- 

 vails in a locality, one cannot guard his fowls too 

 carefully."* 



BACILLARY WHITE DIARRHEA OF YOUNG CHICKS 



The term " white diarrhea" undoubtedly has, for 

 many years, been used to designate a variety of 

 bowel disorders in which the discharges of the 

 digestive organs are more or less whitish in char- 

 acter and show to a greater or less extent symptoms 

 of diarrhea. But not until recently has it been 

 determined beyond question that the most serious 

 of these disorders is due to a specific bacillus Bac- 

 terium pullorum. It has long been known that the 

 so-called white diarrhea was sometimes one of the 

 most serious and fatal disorders to which little 

 chickens are subject, but knowledge as to the true 

 nature of the disease has come through recent 

 investigation and study. 



t" Symptoms of bacillary white diarrhea. As in 

 many other diseases the symptoms may vary within 

 certain limits in the individuals affected . . . 



* "Diseases and Enemies of Poultry," Bulletin No. 17, Pennsyl- 

 vania State Department of Agriculture. 



t Storrs (Conn.) Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin No. 60. 



