POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 



of piping of such a diameter and length that 

 fowls cannot reach it. 



Salt. Food mixed with salt for other 

 domestic animals may be accidentally given 

 to fowls. Chickens are the most likely to 

 be poisoned by excess of salt. 



Treatment. If fowls have eaten poison- 

 ous substances, the fact is not usually dis- 

 covered until after death or until it is too 

 late to administer an antidote. Most of the 

 poisons fowls are likely to eat act as irri- 

 tants of the digestive tract. Milk and 

 white of egg should be given. It is advis- 

 able to give a stimulant, such as half a tea- 

 spoonful of brandy. 



PYAEMIA 



Not contagious, and not common 



Symptoms. This disease cannot be diag- 

 nosed except by post-mortem examination 

 and microscopic identification of pus-form- 

 ing organisms in the infected areas (whitish 

 spots) of liver, spleen, etc. 



Cause. Pus-forming organisms believed 

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