| Popis: |
Poultry hygiene today embodies all those factors which are conducive to the maintenance of poultry in a healthy, vigorous condition. To the average layman this simply means attending to the general outward appearance of the different housing and yarding conditions, as to neatness and general cleanliness. The term, however, has a far broader meaning when applied in the purely scientific sense. It means, among other things, are intestinal worms and other parasites present on the poultry premises? Are they a constant menace to the general well being of the birds which are to furnish produce for the market? The statement that some of the birds are harboring intestinal worms may sound simple, but, if it is true, great may be the consequences from the standpoint of breeding and finance. The question of worms is of far greater importance than the poultry investigator is apt to believe. In the southern states . . . |
