fowls have btfn poisoned with arsenic is to atliuiuistei- 

 the white of an agg every hour or tiie thiel< iiiiuid in 

 whicli flaxseed has been boiled. If possible, the clieiui 

 cal antidote, iron sesquioxide or dialized iron, should 

 be given. If there is much diarrhoea and pain tincture 

 of opium in doses of five to ten drops is useful. Pow- 

 dered chalk given in water is also good. 



Poisoning with Salt. — Small quantities of salt arc 

 very beneficial for fowls but large quantities mav cause 

 serious illness or even death. From half an ounce 

 to an ounce of salt is fatal for a chicken. This quan- 

 tity will cause loss of appetite, great thirst, redness of 

 the membranes lining the mouth and throat, pain and 

 diarrhoea, and if the poisoned fowl is opened after 

 death it will be foimd that the intestines are in a con- 

 dition resembling that found when death results from 

 arsenical poisocing, but usually the inflammation is 

 not of quite such a severe type. Such substances as 

 mackerel brine, beef pickle, etc., are even more pois- 

 onous than pure salt and smaller quantities will pro- 

 duce the same symptoms. 



The treatment consists in the administration of the 

 remedies recoirraended for arsenic poisoning, with the 

 exception of the iron compounds. 



Poisoning with Mould. — ^'\■hen fowls are permitted 

 to eat food that has undergone decomposition or has 

 become very niouldy they are sometimes poisoned. 

 This subject has been referred to under the head, of 

 irritation of the digestive canal and diarrhoea. 



