DISEASES AND PESTS OF FOWLS 



losses occur among turkeys or chickens that 

 get the germ from them. 



Treatment. Copperas in the drinking 

 water (three grains to a quart) has been 

 recommended, together with the occasional 

 use of calomel in one-grain doses, or one or 

 two teaspoonfuls of castor oil. Thorough 

 disinfection (see page 10) of houses and 

 runs, etc., where affected fowls have been, 

 is important. Burn the bodies of birds that 

 die of the disease. 



COLD (SIMPLE CATARRH) 



Dangerous, because it may be confused with the early stages 

 of roup 



Symptoms. Discharge from the nostrils 

 and the eyes, with occasional fits of sneez- 

 ing; loss of appetite, and moping. 



Cause. Cold and damp. Colds most 

 frequently occur in wet weather and among 

 poorly housed and poorly fed stock. 



Treatment. Warm housing and protec- 

 tion from cold and wet. Give quinine 

 one grain to an adult fowl. Many believe 

 in dosing fowls suffering from colds with 



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