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Control Of Lice On Poultry, B R. Vale
Control Of Lice On Poultry, B R. Vale
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
DURING February and March of 1965 some particularly heavy body lice infestations were found on fowls in both deep litter and cage units in Western Australia.
In some instances comparatively new laying cage units were involved.
The most seriously affected flocks showed marked unthriftiness and depressed egg production.
Fatique In Caged Layers, P Smetana
Fatique In Caged Layers, P Smetana
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Pullets found immobilised on the floors of their laying cages may only be suffering from the easily-treated "cage layer fatigue" and should be checked for this before being disposed of as affected with the incurable fowl paralysis.
Pullorum-Tested Poultry Flocks : 1960, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Pullorum-Tested Poultry Flocks : 1960, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
EARLY in 1955, an amendment to the Stock Diseases Act made blood-testing compulsory for all commercial breeding and hatchery flocks of poultry, and it was required that the incidence of infection, as determined by the last test prior to the commencement of hatching, must be less than two per cent.