POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 



and look for the worms, which may be 

 easily recognized by Fig. 12. Male and 

 female specimens will be found attached to 

 one another. 



GASTRITIS (CATARRH OF THE STOMACH) 



Not a common complaint 



Symptoms. This disease cannot be 

 readily diagnosed while the fowl is living; 

 it is generally associated with catarrh of the 

 crop. (See page 37.) The symptoms are 

 similar. Post-mortem examination will 

 show the lining of the stomach in an in- 

 flamed condition. 



Cause. The inflammation of the lining 

 of the stomach is generally due to eating de- 

 composing food or other poisonous matter. 



Treatment. Empty the crop as recom- 

 mended under Catarrh of the crop. Give 

 one or two tablespoonfuls of castor oil and 

 feed on soft and easily digested food with 

 milk or barley water. Be sure that poultry 

 are not allowed to run under trees that have 

 been sprayed with arsenical poisons. 

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