Circular No. •65, August, 1916 



MASSACHUSEHS AGRICULTORAL [XPERIMENT STATION 



VETERINARY DEPARTMENT 

 AMHERST 



POULTRY FARM DISINFECTION. 



James B. Paige 



To free infected premises from bacillary white diarrhea it is 

 important to destroy the genns which cause the disease. With 

 this in mind it has seemed advisable to print a short paper giving 

 briefly some simple methods of disinfection which are effective in 

 destroying disease-causing organisms. The few methods cited 

 below have been selected from a number recommended by the 

 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, and this department. 



PRELIMINARY STEPS. 



Clean all houses, roosts, nests, incubators, brooders, etc., 

 thoroughly. In case of houses remove all litter, sweep dust from 

 walls and ceilings, and scrape all manure from floors, roosts and 

 nests. The litter and manure should be taken to a spot where 

 fowls cannot reach it and should be burned or spread on the land 

 at the earliest convenience. Next wash the house thoroughly 

 with water from a hose until all parts seem clean, and let the 

 house dry a day or moie. It is then ready to be disinfected. 



TO DISINFECT ROOMS WHICH MAY BE MADE AIR TIGHT 

 EASILY— such as feed rooms, brooder houses and incubator cellars. 



For this purpose formaldehyde gas is effective. In using this 

 method the following articles will be necessary : 1 large piece sheet 

 iron, 1 large pan, such as a dishpan, deep enough to prevent 

 mixture of formalin and potassium pemianganate from boiling 

 over, 1 kettle for boiling water, commercial formalin and crystals 

 of potassium permanganate. The formalin and permanganate 

 may be purchased at a drug store. In buying allow 3 pints of form- 



