PHEASANTS IN COVERT AND AVIARY 



causes. Various remedial agents have been suggested for 

 the treatment of worms in Pheasants, but a practical man 

 will not attach much importance to the use of drugs in 

 cases of this nature, it being much more important to limit 

 the power of infestation, which can be done by the destruc- 

 tion of the affected birds and also by changing the young 

 stock to fresh, well-drained, close cut, old pasturage, where 

 plenty of insect life prevails, but not where cattle or sheep 

 are grazed, nor yet to land over-run by vermin, etc. 



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