40 LEHMAN'S POULTRY DOCTOR. 



Another diagnostic symptom is the great prevalence 

 of the disease, which shows that it is of an infectious 

 nature. The post-mortem condition is also a useful 

 guide; the liver will be inflamed and enlarged and 

 deep-seated spots will appear which are of various 

 colors, as brownish red, yellow, and pale or grayish 

 dirty white. The caeca (double bowel) will be found 

 greatly enlarged and the walls thickened; the contents 

 are usually a pasty green substance, although in some 

 instances the caeca will be plugged with a mass of 

 broken down mucous or lining from the bowel. 



Treatment is of the nature of intestinal antiseptics 

 and tonics. Place the sick bird by itself and give one 

 or two teaspoonfuls of castor oil; follow in a few hours 

 by giving one or two grains each of quinine and salol 

 three times a day; or, five grains of sulphur and one 

 grain each of quinine and sulphate of iron three times 

 a day. 



But since treatment is almost useless, unless the 

 source of infection is removed, preventive measures 

 are absolutely necessary. The well should be removed 

 to a non-infected place at once and should not be per- 

 mitted to come in contact with the infected runs or 

 sick fowls and should be fed through a slatted parti- 

 tion or in such a way that they can not carry infection 

 on the food with their feet. The same precaution 

 should be observed with the drinking water, which 

 must be pure, and, of course, thorough disinfecting 

 must be carried out by sprinkling the floors once a 



