DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 31 



Treatment: Put the bird in a comfortable place 

 by itself, give one or two teaspoonfuls of castor oil, 

 follow in several hours by giving a teaspoonfiil of the 

 following three or four times a day: 



Ingluvin 20 grains. 



Tr. Nux Vomica 10 drops. 



Dil. Hydrochloric Acid 5 drops. 



Water 2 oz. 



Feed light diet as recommended for catarrh of the 

 crop. 

 GASTRO-INTRSTINAL CATARRH —BOWEL TROUBLE IN 



CHICKS. 



This is a catarrhal condition or an inflammation of the 

 mucous lining of the whole digestive tract. It is the 

 condition known by the name ''bowel trouble" in 

 young chicks which perhaps causes greater loss of 

 chicks, a few weeks old, than any other disease. 

 However, older fowls are not exempt and in these it is 

 often mistaken for cholera which disease it somewhat 

 resembles but does not prove so rapidly fatal. 



Causes: It can usually be attributed to errors in 

 feeding or poor management and bad sanitary condi- 

 tions, such as overfeeding or heavy feeding after let- 

 ting the chicks become very hungry, or by feeding too 

 freequently, or by feeding very rich and stimulating, or 

 tainted, or soured or mouldy food, or allowing fowls 

 to drink bad, filthy water. Then, there are other 

 causes, such as being chilled on cold floors, or exposure 

 to dampness or cold; especially is this the case in young 



