POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 



may turn out to be an epidemic and con- 

 tagious form. 



Diarrhea, Severe and Epidemic 



Symptoms. Excessive looseness of 

 bowels, ruffling of feathers, depression, loss 

 of appetite. A number of birds in the flock 

 are attacked and death results. 



Cause. There are a variety of causes. 

 Scientific investigation has led to the dis- 

 covery of specific organisms responsible for 

 various forms of diarrhea. It would be 

 well for poultry rearers to study the results 

 of such work, but, for the purposes of this 

 book, it will be sufficient to state that the 

 causal organism may be bacterial, mycotic, 

 or protozoan. The owner of poultry will 

 not usually be able himself to determine 

 what type of diarrhea the fowls are suffer- 

 ing from, but as a rule the treatment will 

 have to be the same. Advice will have to 

 be sought from an expert when dangerous 

 epidemics are feared. 



Treatment. The most energetic meas- 



