POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 



FIG. 8. ASPERGILLOSIS 

 On left Windpipe cut open. On right A fungus that causes aspergillosis 



for this disease. Infection may be due to 

 musty grain or dirty straw. 



Treatment. No medicines are of any 

 avail. Protection lies in not using musty 

 grain or moldy litter. Burn dead birds. 



BLACKHEAD OF TURKEYS 



A 'very serious disease, making the successful rearing of 

 turkeys difficult and in some cases impossible 



Symptoms. Young turkeys, or poults, 

 are most commonly attacked; there is loss 

 of weight and loss of appetite; the bird 

 appears listless and stands by itself with 



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