POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 



LIVER DISEASES 



The liver is affected by several diseases, 

 and the poultryman, who finds a spotted 

 liver on post-mortem examination, will be 

 much aided in determining the cause, if he 

 takes into consideration the symptoms 

 noticed before the fowl died, as well as the 

 changes in the other internal organs. The 

 importance of the post-mortem examination 

 is in distinguishing whether the death of the 

 fowl is due to a contagious disease. 



The causes of diseased livers may be con- 

 veniently divided into two classes: 



1. Diseased livers due to indigestion, 



e. g., enlargement. 



2. Diseased livers due to a specific 



disease, e. g., tuberculosis. 



Diseases Due to Indigestion 



In this class may be included degenera- 

 tion, inflammation, congestion, enlargement, 

 and atrophy of the liver. There are more 

 or less distinct differences in these diseases, 

 but the only possible methods of treatment 

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