Disinfection and Miscellaneous Diseases. 281 



Canker Dampness and filth. Powder mouth and 

 throat with burnt alum, disinfect the quarters. 



Apoplexy Over-feeding and lack of exercise. Give 

 a teaspoonful of castor oil, vegetable diet, cold water to 

 head. 



Soft shells Over-feeding or lack of lime in the food. 

 Give oyster shells, cut bone, and a vegetable* diet. 



Leg weakness In-breeding and over-feeding, lack of 

 bone forming food and grit. Give one grain of quinine 

 daily, grit, vegetable diet, and cut bone. 



Sore eyes and pip Damp houses. 



Diarrhoea Damp houses, filthy runs and houses, bad 

 feeding. The same treatment as for cholera. 



Crop bound Over- feeding and lack of grit. Give 

 castor oil and milk and knead carefully. 



Unless your poultry are valuable stock, kill at once if 

 diseased, doctoring is expensive in time and money. 



