POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 



TICKS 

 A pest found in the Southern States and tropical countries 



Symptoms. The fowl has fever, appears 

 depressed, and stands in a cramped position. 

 Cause. The fowl tick (Argas minatus) , 

 which hides during the day in 

 cracks and crevices, sucks the 

 fowl's blood at night and in- 

 * S$ troduces a fever-producing 



FIG. 23 parasite. 



THE FOWL TICK . 



a. Aduit. Remedies. Examine sick 



b. Larva. 



birds during the day, and visit 

 the roosts at night, for proof of the presence 

 of ticks; carefully search under perches, in 

 nests, and in corners of woodwork, etc. 

 Spray woodwork with 5% creolin; squirt 

 kerosene oil, or turpentine, into cracks and 

 crevices. 



TUBERCULOSIS 

 A very serious poultry disease 



Symptoms. This disease may be present 

 in a poultry yard for some time without 

 being detected. Suspicion should be 

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