THE REARED PHEASANT 243 



Young pheasants on the rearing-field 

 are peculiarly liable to many forms of dis- 

 eases ; only constant care and scrupulous 

 cleanliness on the part of the manage- 

 ment will serve to keep the more weakly 

 chicks — which would never have sur- 

 vived at all under natural conditions — 

 from becoming the focus of some fatal 

 outbreak. Without entering into a long 

 dissertation of ailments and cures, it 

 may serve our purpose here to give a 

 brief list of the commoner troubles and 

 their symptoms : — 



Cause 

 Mouldy or dirty food. 



Cure 



Prevention by cleanliness 

 and keeping grain stored 

 in a dry place. 



Usually occurs in hot, dry 

 seasons ; infection intro- 

 duced by affected hens, 

 or from previously fouled 

 ground ; spreads rapidly 



Prevention to some extent 

 possible by care in select- 

 ing hens and clean ground 

 to rear on. 



Direct Treatment. — Catechu 



