INDEX TO CHAPTER XI 
. 141 Weakness, Leg............- 145 
. 141 White Diarrhea, Cause of... 137 
. 146 White Diarrhea, Elimination 4G 
pprieens Colds..........55 , 142 Liver Diseases, Treatment of 148 
ChIGkER POR. os uwoce sawed 143 Poultry Diseases........... 137 
Coccidiosis, Cause of ....... 143 Pox, Chicken. iascs csvesnae 143 
Coccidiosis, Treatment for.. 144 Roup......ccecccceesevecs 151 
Colds, pbearent nisi dee Becrenetse 142 Scaly Leg.........eeceeaee 150 
Colds, Cause of 
Colds, Symptoms « oO 
Constipation. ...... 
Crop Bound, Cause o! . 149 
Crop Bound, Treatment for. 150 
Diarrhea, White........... 137 
Eversion...............00. 149 
Leg Weakness............. 145 of 
Liver Diseases, Symptoms of 147 White Diarrhea, Testing for 140 
CHAPTER XI. DISEASES 
White Diarrhea. White diarrhea is 
probably the worst scourge of the chicken 
industry, especially in the eastern part of the 
.United States. It is transmitted from one 
chick to another during the first four or five 
days of its life. From that time on the chick 
appears to be more or less immune to the 
disease until it reaches the adult stage. 
Then the disease may again be transmitted 
from one infected hen to another. 
The principal cause and source of infection 
at this time is the male bird, and every: effort 
