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1880. They include the voiding of feces, of 

 which the part that is normally white is yel- 

 low. The white part of the feces is excreted by 

 the kidneys, and the yellow discoloration of this 

 excrement is usually the first indication of dis- 

 ease. Shortly thereafter the droppings become 

 thin and fluid, and they are voided frequently 

 and enveloped by a layer of thin mucus. The 

 fowl becomes depressed; it stands still or assumes 

 a sitting posture, goes into a sunny, warm place, 

 if possible. The plumage becomes ruffled, the 

 head is drawn down, the comb becomes pale 

 and bloodless, and the appetite is depressed or 

 lost. The depression and torpidity of the fowl 

 increase until it seems to become unconscious. 

 . . . The bird then becomes thin and weak, 

 and sometimes passes into a stupor and dies. 

 In other cases, it may have convulsions prior to 

 death."* 



Treatment. "The treatment of individual 

 fowls afflicted with such a highly contagious dis- 

 ease as true fowl cholera is not to be recom- 

 mended, because, in the first place, so long as 

 the infected fowl remains around there is danger 

 that its poisonous products may be carried to 

 healthy birds; secondly, there is little chance of 

 curing it and it is hardly worth while to try. 



*" Diseases and Enemies of Poultry," Pearson & Warren, Bulletin 

 No. 17, Pa. State Dept. Agr. 



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