POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 
and a bacillus have been proved by different 
investigators to cause very similar forms of 
white diarrhea. A distinct form of white 
diarrhea, known as brooder pneumonia, is 
described on page 35. 
Treatment. ‘This disease is a very dif- 
ficult ‘one to control. Incubators and 
brooders should be thoroughly disinfected. 
Special care should be taken in the feeding 
during the first few weeks. Chickens 
should not be overfed. The feeding of 
dry bran is recommended, as it tends to keep 
the bowels in a healthy, active condition. 
In the form of white diarrhea due to a 
bacillus, suspicion rests on the hen and the 
egg as sources of infection. When the dis- 
ease becomes serious, and general sanitation 
and proper care of chickens do not control 
it, the advisability of obtaining the eggs for 
hatching from a poultry farm free of white 
diarrhea should be considered. 
WORMS 
Intestinal parasites that occasionally become serious 
Symptoms. General debility; worms or 
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