DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 29 



Treatment: Give Epsom salts in ten to thirty 

 grains twice a day for two days, followed by giving 

 two drops of dilute nitro-muriatic acid in a teaspoon- 

 ful of water three times a day. Another excellent 

 treatment is Podophyllin, one half-grain, and calomel 

 one-fourth grain, twice a day for several days, follow- 

 ed with a few drops of fluid extract of hydrastis three 

 times a day. 



The diet should be the same as directed under con- 

 gestion of the liver. 



INFECTIOUS ENTERO-HEPATITIS OR BLACKHEAD IN 



TURKEYS. 



This is an infectious disease in turkeys and is most 

 destructive to the young or rather half grown (from 

 four to five months old.) 



It is due to the germ Amoeba Meleagridis enter- 

 ing the digestive tract with the food and water, af- 

 fecting principally the liver and double bowel (caeca.) 



Cause: As stated above, the direct cause is a germ 

 and bad hygienic conditions, such as filthy feeding 

 places or impure drinking water, greatly favor its 

 propagation. 



Symptoms: These vary in different cases according 

 to the intensity of the disease. Those most general 

 are drooping of the head and wings, moping, loss of 

 appetite; there is a yellowish or greenish diarrhoea 

 which is one of the most marked symptoms; the head 

 becomes dark or in some cases, nearly black, which 

 gives the disease the common. name "Black Head." 



