DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 41 



week with a solution of carbolic acid; see germs and 

 disinfectants, page 9. 



All manure or droppings should be carefully remov- 

 ed each day and burned, as well as all dead turkeys. 

 No turkeys that have been with the affected should be 

 kept for breeding purposes but should be fattened and 

 disposed of. 



Eggs should be obtained from healthy stock and the 

 young kept so far away from the old infected runs 

 that they cannot come in contact with them, nor have 

 access to drinking water that may drain the infected 

 runs. 



By taking all the precautions possible, in the way 

 of preventing infection from the old runs and from 

 exposed fowls, there is a fair possibility of eradicat- 

 ing the disease. 



By leaving the old runs unoccupied for two years, 

 turkeys can again be raised with comparative|[safety. 



CHOLERA. 



Cholera is an acute infectious disease and one of the 

 most fatal with which poultry becomes afflicted. It 

 affects all domestic fowls; even ducks are not free 

 from it, and rabbits when exposed or inoculated with 

 the germ become affected; the disease is so fatal that 

 the per cent, of mortality reaches from 90 to 95. 



Causes: The direct cause is a germ, ''Bacterium 

 cholera gallinaceae," usually taken into the system 

 with the food and water, or it may be inhaled with 



