DISEASES AND PESTS OF FOWLS 



epidemic form. The latter form may be 

 due to various causes, and it will be best, 

 perhaps, to deal with diarrhea under the 

 following heads : 



1. Mild diarrhea. 



2. Epidemic and severe diarrhea. 



3. Dysentery. (See page 52.) 



4. Cholera. (See page 39.) 



5. White diarrhea of chickens. (See 



page 92.) 



Mild Diarrhea 



Symptoms. Looseness of bowels and 

 staining of feathers around the anus with 

 excreta. 



Cause. Indigestion caused by food 

 which may be too laxative; e. g., excess of 

 bran, or, by food which may be partly de- 

 composed or may contain an intestinal ir- 

 ritant. Cold may also be a cause. 



Treatment. Give Epsom salts, or castor 

 oil. (See page 9.) Change diet if food 

 is suspected. Often no treatment is neces- 

 sary, but it is not wise to neglect cases that 

 are apparently mild diarrhea, for fear they 



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