Bacillary White Diarrhea And Related Diseases Of Chickens PDF Download

Excerpt from Fatal Septicemia or Bacillary White Diarrhea in Young Chickens Symptoms. The symptoms are not characteristic but are prae tically the same as in other chicken diseases. Probably the first symptom is the desire for more heat, staying under the hover and close to the heating surfaces. This is followed by marked depres sion, loss of appetite, labored breathing. The chick stands with feet far apart, eyes dull, head drawn down, and respirations are increased and labored. Diarrhea is usually present and in the cases of longer standing the feces gum up the tail feathers, often producing a mass as large as a walnut. This is what poultrymen call Pasting up behind. In the cases of _longer standing (1 to 3 weeks) emaciation becomes marked, the gait is uncertain, the legs seem to grow but the body remains practically the same size, causing the expression short backed. Post mortem lesions. The crop may or may not be filled with food]. It is usually pale and it contains a slimy fluid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.