KINDS OF WHITE DIARRHEA 



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terms, the bacteria or germs of the pullets. Coccidiosis and 

 aspergillus fungus are two other forms of the disease, but so far 

 as we are concerned these technical phrases are merely names, 

 difficult to pronounce, harder to remember, and of no value to 

 the unsophisticated mind. 



All of these microbes infect the adult fowls and are generally 

 communicated from them to the chicks directly or indirectly. 



Fig. 310. — Ideal location for ducks and geese. 



It is not necessary for the affected hen to have any external ap- 

 pearance of having white diarrhea or a diarrhea of any kind. In 

 fact, the affected bird may be in the pink of condition, a good 

 layer and a fine-looking fowl. By analyzing the eggs laid from 

 an infected hen, we may find white diarrhea germs in very active 

 form, or none at all. Apparently, some eggs are inoculated 

 while others escape, though there is no method of determining 

 this from external appearances 



