CHAPTER VII 

 SANITATION 



Disease is certain to appear sooner or later where a large 

 number of birds are brought together on a limited area of 

 ground, as in the intensive method of commercial poultry- 

 raising or production. 



We might say, in general, that everything being equal that 

 the greater the number of birds kept on any given area the 

 sooner disease will appear. 



Sanitation includes rational measures taken to prevent or 

 delay the appearance of disease in a flock, or to limit its spread 

 and eradicate a disease already gained foothold. 



On farms where the attention and energies of the workers 

 are directed chiefly to general crop production, and where the 

 fowls have practically an unlimited range and only a few birds 

 are kept, the loss may be small in spite of bad sanitation which 

 often prevails. 



Where the number of birds is large for the size of the range, 

 as in intensive poultry culture, there can be no continued ex- 

 emption from devastating epiornithics if reasonable sanitary 

 precautions are not taken, and the successful operation of a 

 poultry plant under such unsanitary conditions would be of 

 short duration. 



CARE OF BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT 



The first consideration in locating poultry buildings is the 

 selection of suitable ground with proper slope and drainage. 

 The ground should be rolling, with good drainage, and if 

 proper natural drainage is not present artificial drainage must 

 be provided. The ground surface must not be uneven so that 

 water collects or accumulates in small pools. 



Birds require shade in the summer time and, if not already 



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