POUtTKY DISEASES : AND THEIR TREATMENT 



evidence for determining the cause of death, 

 a post-mortem examination should be made 

 (see page 98). 



The poultryman must know above all 

 whether he is dealing with an infectious dis- 

 ease or not. The discovery that a sudden 

 death among his fowls is due to apoplexy 

 will set his mind at ease. On the other hand, 

 if a case of cholera occurs, the body of the 

 dead fowl should be burnt, and a vigorous 

 campaign started to prevent the spread of 

 the disease; birds showing mopishness and 

 other suspicious symptoms should be 

 isolated; the houses, the feed troughs, the 

 water vessels, and the yard to which the dead 

 fowl has had access, should all be thor- 

 oughly disinfected. 



2. Dangers of Introducing Disease 



Perhaps more loss has been caused by in- 

 troducing birds with disease into a healthy 

 flock than by any other means. Readers 

 will, doubtless, be able to recall occasions 

 on which their own, or their neighbors', 



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