CHAPTER 6. 



Diseases of the Kidneys and Organs of 

 Reproduction. 



Nephritis, Inflammation of the Kidneys — Male Organs 

 and their Diseases — Female Organs, Their Anatomy 

 and Physiology — Inflammation of the Oviduct— Pro- 

 lapsus of the Oviduct — Egg Bound— Vent Gleet— Ab- 

 normal Eggs— Large or Two- Yolk Eggs — Eggs with- 

 out Shells, or with Soft Shells — Blood within Eggs — 

 Incubation of the Egg in the Hen — Worms or Para- 

 sites in Eggs— Eggs with Two Shells— Diseases of the 

 Ovary. 



NEPHRITIS OR INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS. 



FOWLS, like other animals, have kidneys which 

 are located near the lungs, along the spine. The 

 excretions or urates (which is the white part of the 

 droppings) are carried through the ureters, into the 

 cloaca (the bird having no bladder) and voided with 



the faeces. 



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