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salts or castor oil daily until the bowels operate freely. 

 Feed bread and milk. Use bicarbonate of soda, twenty 

 grains to the quart of drinking water. 



Hepatitis Inflammation of the liver with pale yel- 

 low skin, sluggish gait and failure of appetite. Diarrhea 

 may be present. 



Give one grain of calomel followed by twenty grains 

 of Epsom salts in a tablespoonful of water. Ten hours 

 later give two grains of bicarbonate of soda. A one grain 

 dose of napthol or benzo-napthol twice daily will serve 

 to disinfect the intestinal tract. 



Inflamed Oviduct Irritation of the oviduct causes 

 straining or rubbing of the abdomen along the ground. 

 There may be roughened plumage, paleness of the head 

 aippendiages and stupor. The inflammation may be 

 caused by excessive laying of eggs induced by feeding 

 condimental mixtures or very stimulating rations. Tne 

 fowl has difficulty in depositing her eggs or lays soft 

 shelled or malformed eggs. If in good condition of flesh 

 kill the fowl and! use for the table. 



Treatment in the early stages may prove successful. 

 Give Epsom salts, bicarbonate of soda and aconite as 

 described in treating Eversion. 



Jaundice Over production of bile and enlargement 

 of the gall bladder may come from overfeeding with 

 starchy or fatty foods. The skin becomes tinged with 

 a peculiar yellow color. Bile may become absorbed into 

 the blood vessels with deleterious results. 



Correct the rations and supply plenty of grit. Purge 

 with aloes, one half grain to a dose. 



Leg Weakness Weakness of the limbs is shown by 

 unsteady gait, flapping of the wings to help support the 

 body when walking, moving about on the hocks and 

 squatting while feeding. 



Rheumatism or injury may account for this condi- 

 tion in some cases but it is more often the effect of 

 feeding unbalanced rations. An excess of starchy nutri- 

 ents, a lack of protein, or deficiency in mineral matter, 



