POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 



or diseased livers. (Fig. 24.) The sec- 

 tion on diagnosis by post-mortem examina- 

 tion gives further information on these sub- 

 jects and shows how the principal diseases 

 may be distinguished. 



The term cancer is sometimes applied to 

 cases in which there are tumors on the liver. 



MAGGOTS 



Occasionally found in flesh wounds of poultry 



Symptoms. A flesh wound that instead 

 of healing develops into a sore with a slight 

 running. On examination, maggots will be 

 found. 



Cause. Several species of flies are al- 

 ways ready to lay their eggs in any available 

 wound or sore; therefore wounds must be 

 watched in the case of poultry, as with all 

 other animals of the farmyard. The eggs 

 laid by these flies hatch and develop into 

 small footless grubs commonly known as 

 maggots. 



Treatment. Wash the wound with I to 

 2% creolin; remove as many of the maggots 

 as possible with a pair of tweezers or a 

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