POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 



FATTY DEGENERATION 



Not contagious, but pointing to error in diet 



Symptoms. ' More or less sudden deaths 

 of birds in good condition. Post-mortem 

 examination shows an enlarged liver and 

 masses of fat attached to the intestines. 



Cause. Something wrong with the diet; 

 too much heat-giving food and want of ex- 

 ercise. 



Treatment. Post-mortem proof of fatty 

 degeneration in the flock should lead the 

 poultry owner to change the diet, reducing 

 the amount of heat-giving food, and giving 

 more exercise. Some authors draw atten- 

 tion to a fatty degeneration in which the 

 liver is shrunken and shows fat globules 

 under the microscope. 



FAVUS (WHITE COMB) 



Disfiguring, but easily controlled if treated early 



Symptoms. Whitish scabs or crusts on 

 the comb, the head and down the neck. 

 Cause. Due to a fungus that spreads, if 



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