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Give the sick fowl a few grains each of sulphur and 

 cream of tartar three times a day and apply either 

 oxide of zinc ointment or equal parts of Glycerite of 

 tannic acid and compound tincture of Benzoin to the 

 nodul«s twice a day. 



FAVUS. 



Favus, sometimes called "baldness" or white comb, 

 is a parasitic disease, similar to ring worm, affecting 

 principally the comb and wattles, but which may 

 spread to any part of the body. The disease is conta- 

 gious because of the parasite or fungus, "Achorion 

 Schonleinii, " being easily communicated from one bird 

 to another. 



Symptoms: The principal symptoms are the dirty, 

 white, powdery crusts of a m.ousy odor, forming on the 

 comb and wattles, and in a few weeks spreading over 

 the head and neck and, if unchecked, to other parts of 

 the body. Finally, the feathers will become affected 

 and drop out or break off and, if let go, the bird's gen- 

 eral health, which is at first unaffected, becomes 

 affected and there will be weakness, loss of appetite, 

 loss of flesh, diarrhoea and finally death. 



Treatment: The well and afflicted fowls must be 

 separated, the roosts and walls disinfected by scalding 

 or whitewashing, and air-slacked lime sprinkled over 

 the floor. 



Then, take the afflicted bird and carefully scrape the 

 scabby accumulation from the affected parts and apply 

 one of the following parasiticides: 



