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soon improve. If they stop laying and droop, kill 

 and biiry them at once. 



After a case has been completed in the hospital 

 ward, scrape out the coop, disinfect it, and dig up 

 the ground. The sunshine will soon kiU germs left 

 over. 



White Diarrhea.' — ^Among all diseases in poultry 

 there is probably none so deadly and discouraging 

 as white diarrhea; so it is with true gratitude that 

 we learn the great progress now being made in 

 preventing it, and ridding flocks of its presence. 



White diarrhea is an infectious disease, caused 

 by a bacillus that has been identified by several 

 biologists of repute. Although found present in 

 poioltry of all ages, it seems -to cause a serious 

 disturbance only in yotmg chickens. These are 

 largely safe against infection after the first two 

 days, or after the chick has filled his digestive 

 organs with normal rations. 



The symptoms of white diarrhea are easy to 

 identify in general, although laboratory tests must 

 be made before the presence of bacillary white 

 diarrhea is certain, as indigestion may produce 

 the same symptoms. Chicks affected become 

 stupid, and stay apart by themselves, usually near 



