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food or litter brought from infected places, and the keeping of 

 the flocks carefully secluded from contamination by other poul- 

 try, or in summer through wild birds or insects. All infected 

 birds should be promptly destroyed and boiled, burned or deeply 

 buried, and all droppings and other materials taken from the in- 

 fected yards dealt with in the same way. The absolute seclusion 

 of an infected flock and the prompt destruction of all sick fowls, 

 should be legally enforced, together with disinfection. The 

 removal of birds from a recently infected flock for any purpose 

 (sale, gift, exhibition or otherwise) should be made penal. 

 Even when an entire flock has to be sacrificed, the eggs washed 

 in sterilized water may be availed of to speedily build up a new 

 flock of equal pedigree and excellence. 



