DISEASES AND PESTS OF FOWLS 



feather. If the maggots are deep-seated, 

 stuff the wound with a cotton wad saturated 

 with strong creolin or 10% carbolic acid. 

 Examine next day and remove dead mag- 

 gots. Treat again in a similar manner if 

 the maggots are not all killed. Fish oil, or 

 iodoform made into a paste with vase- 

 line, will prevent the flies depositing 

 their- eggs, if smeared on the surface of 

 the wound. 



MITES (AIR-SAC) 



Not a common parasite 



Symptoms. There are no definite ex- 

 ternal symptoms. If the bird is very badly 

 affected, there may be evidences of suffoca- 

 tion. This may end fatally. A post-mor- 

 tem examination will show the mites in the 

 air passages and bronchi as small yellowish 

 and whitish particles, which on careful ob- 

 servation may be seen to move. 



Cause. A small mite (Sarcoptes l&vis) 

 which infests the air sacs and bronchi. 

 These mites, when present in large numbers, 



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