POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 



Soft crop. 



Sore head (see Chicken pox). 



Ticks. 



Tuberculosis. 



Vertigo (see Apoplexy). 



White comb (see Favus). 



White diarrhea of chickens. 



Worms. 



ABSCESSES 

 Not a common poultry complaint 



Symptoms. The flesh becomes inflamed 

 and swollen and forms a "head" containing 

 pus. 



Cause. A scratch or a small injury fol- 

 lowed by inflammation due to pus-forming 

 organisms. 



Treatment. Lance the abscess when 

 "ripe" with a clean, sharp knife, cutting low 

 so that the sore may drain readily. Squeeze 

 out the pus; wash with i% carbolic acid or 

 creolin and dress with creolin and sweet oil 

 (half and half) until healed. 



The most common abscess is that which 

 forms on the pad of the foot and develops 

 into bumblefoot. 



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