Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 3, Number 3, DeMotte, Jasper County, 1 June 1933 — Massachusetts Poultry About Free of Disease [ARTICLE]

Massachusetts Poultry About Free of Disease

A total of 180 poultry flocks in Massachusetts were completely tested and found free of pullorum disease last year, according to a report issued by the Massachusetts experiment station. Pullorum disease, also known as bacillary white diarrhea, is perhaps the most destructive disease with which poultrymen have had to contend in past years. The department of veterinary science at the Massachusetts State college has conducted tests of birds and conducted experiments in the disease for a number of years. Last year Massachusetts led all other states in the total number of flocks free from pullorum disease. Since pullorum disease is transmitted from one generation to the next, most progressive poultrymen make an effort to buy hatching eggs or baby chicks only from flocks which have been tested and found free of the disease. The experiment station report shows that disease free flocks are found in every county in the state.