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other trouble, in which case the existing disease must 

 be treated accordingly. 



Treatment: Seek the cause and remove it if possi- 

 ble; then make a tea of white oak bark or blackberry 

 roots and give to drink, or moisten a feed of ground 

 oats or corn meal with the tea; or, in very obstinate 

 cases, from one to five drops of laudanum may be given 

 several times a day as long as necessary. 



ENTERITIS — INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS. 



Enteritis is an inflammation principally of the muc- 

 ous membrane lining the intestines, but in advanced 

 cases the muscular coats are also involved. All fowls 

 are subject to this trouble but ducks are very suscep- 

 tible. 



Cause: In most cases the disease is caused by 

 germs, of which there are a number of different kinds 

 that are implicated in producing it; the germs are prin- 

 cipally taken into the system with the food and water. 

 Half-grown fowls or fowls that are in a debilitated 

 condition succumb more readily. 



Poisons or irritants taken into the digestive tract 

 are also capable of producing enteritis; common salt, 

 meat or fish brine, rat poison, Paris Green, paint, 

 lye, etc., are the most common among these. I wish 

 to state here that common salt is very injurious to 

 poultry if given in excess, while a very small amount 

 is essential. 



Symptoms: The fowl will appear dull and sleepy; 

 there is great thirst, but very little or no appetite; 



