PHEASANTS IN COVERT AND AV^IARY 



acid (20 grains of powdered boracic acid to an ounce of 

 tepid water), and the eyelids then smeared with the following 

 ointment : — 



Yellow Oxide of Mercury Ointment . i drachm 



Boracic Acid Ointment . . .1 ounce 



Mix and apply to eyelids night and morning. 

 In addition to this treatment the following pills will be 

 found very efficacious : — 



Powdered Sulphate of Iron . . . 12 grains 



Powdered Sulphate of Copper . . 12 grains 



Sulphate of Quinine ... 6 grains 



Extract of Gentian .... 12 grains 



Mix and divide into forty-eight pills, one of which must 

 be given night and morning to each bird suffering from 

 ophthalmia. 



Regarding the malady as an infectious one, the Pheasant- 

 rearer must exercise good care in the matter of handling 

 healthy birds, before doing which the hands, etc., should be 

 thoroughly disinfected, otherwise one may unwittingly act as 

 a medium of infection. As hens are liable to this malady, 

 it is neces.sary to be careful when introducing these for broody 

 purposes to see that they are not suffering from this complaint, 

 otherwise such will form the starting-point of the trouble. 



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